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Download full textLeVine, Elaine S.; Sallee, Alvin L. – 1987
Research indicates that families that adopt have many problems that would have existed even if the adopted child had been a biological member of the family, but that become more complex and intense due to adoption. A psychosocial and psychodynamic perspective toward family life suggests that in the adoption process, child and family pass through…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adopted Children, Age Differences
