International Adoption: Counseling and the Adoption Triad

Autor: Samantha L. Wilson, A. Baden, Judith L. Gibbons, Hollee McGinnis
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Adoption Quarterly. 16:218-237
ISSN: 1544-452X
1092-6755
DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2013.794440
Popis: Despite a 60-plus–year history of international adoption (IA) placements, the body of research exploring counseling and psychological interventions for those affected by IA is still in its infancy. This critical review of the state of the literature addresses research, theory, and practice relevant to the international adoption triad (adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees). We highlight the lack of empirical attention to the clinical needs of birth parents, the tendency to overlook the clinical needs of adoptive parents both pre- and post-adoption, early childhood vulnerability in international adoptees, and adolescent identity challenges and the attendant clinical issues.
Databáze: OpenAIRE