The impact of family structure on the adjustment of adopted children
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The impact of family structure on the adjustment of adopted children
Child Welfare.
1992 Jan-Feb.
Abstract
Psychological and academic adjustments were assessed in a group of 130 adopted children (six to 12 years of age) living in five different family constellations: only children, children with younger adopted siblings only, children with younger biological siblings only, children with older adopted siblings only, and children with older biological siblings only. Few differences were found from one cluster to another, suggesting that family structure, while complicating the dynamics of adoptive family life, plays a minor role in adoption adjustment.
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