title: [Foreign adoptions. The state of research and sequelae].
abstract: Reviewing European, American, and Australian studies about international adoptions the characteristics and motives of adoptive parents, the family climate, and the parent-child relationships are discussed. Research results about the physical, language, cognitive, social, personality, and identity development of foreign-born adopted children are presented. Data about the adoption success and behavior disorders of these children are reported. Finally, consequences for practical work are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Staatsinstitut für Frühpädagogik und Familienforschung, München.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Textor
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003906:Developing Countries; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development
vernacular_title: Auslandsadoptionen. Forschungsstand und Folgerungen.