TY - JOUR
T1 - The Practice of Adoption
T2 - History, Trends, and Social Context
AU - Zamostny, Kathy P.
AU - O'brien, Karen M.
AU - Baden, Amanda L.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - This article presents an overview of the practice of adoption to counseling psychologists to promote clinical understanding of the adoption experience and to stimulate research on adoption. The article includes definitions of adoption terminology, important historical and legal developments for adoption, a summary of adoption statistics, conceptualizations of adoption experience, themes and trends in adoption outcome research related to adoptees and birthparents, and selected theoretical models of adoption. The importance of considering social context variables in adoption practice and research is emphasized.
AB - This article presents an overview of the practice of adoption to counseling psychologists to promote clinical understanding of the adoption experience and to stimulate research on adoption. The article includes definitions of adoption terminology, important historical and legal developments for adoption, a summary of adoption statistics, conceptualizations of adoption experience, themes and trends in adoption outcome research related to adoptees and birthparents, and selected theoretical models of adoption. The importance of considering social context variables in adoption practice and research is emphasized.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0142153027&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0011000003258061
DO - 10.1177/0011000003258061
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0142153027
SN - 0011-0000
VL - 31
SP - 651
EP - 678
JO - The Counseling Psychologist
JF - The Counseling Psychologist
IS - 6
ER -