Emotional disturbance in adopted adolescents : origins and development / Ruth G. McRoy, Harold D. Grotevant, Louis A. Zurcher, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McRoy, Ruth G.

Contributor:

Grotevant, Harold D.

Zurcher, Louis A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adopted children--Mental health.

Adopted children.

Adopted children--Family relationships.

Adolescent psychopathology.

Adoption.

Affective Symptoms.

Adolescent.

Medical Subjects:

Adoption.

Affective Symptoms.

Adolescent.

Physical Description:

xiv, 212 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Praeger, 1988.

Summary:

Many adopted children experience emotional disorders during adolescence that require residential treatment. This volume reports research findings comparing adopted and non-adopted adolescents in treatment. The authors first discuss the difficulties of the adolescent period itself, particularly as it relates to identity problems. Based on extensive interviews with adoptive and non-adoptive parents, adolescents, and their therapists, successive chapters analyze genetic risk and prenatal care, explore the impact of family and peer relationships, examine familiar and contextual factors that initiate and maintain emotional problems, and examine adoptive family dynamics and adoption issues in nonclinical families. The various theoretical perspectives research findings, and well-reasoned recommendations in this volume will interest social workers, clinical and developmental psychologists, and special education professionals.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: pages 193-205.

ISBN:

0275929132

OCLC:

17384778