Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees: Assessment of Distress, Depression, and Anger
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2000
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0087856
Abstract
Psychological adjustment was assessed in a sample of 525 female and 191 male adoptees. Analyses were conducted by gender; by search status, i.e., those who had never searched, those who were searching, and those who had made contact with their biological parents; and by history of mental health service utilization. Compared to normative data, the sample reported significantly higher levels of psychological maladjustment; only women adoptees scored higher on a scale measuring anger. Overall, adoptees' scores were elevated but did not approach levels typical of outpatient populations.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, v. 70, issue 3, p. 408-413
Scholar Commons Citation
Cubito, David S. and Brandon, Karen O., "Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees: Assessment of Distress, Depression, and Anger" (2000). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1252.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1252
