title: Adult transracial and inracial adoptees: effects of race, gender, adoptive family structure, and placement history on adjustment outcomes.
abstract: Adjustment outcomes of 224 transracial and inracial adoptees were investigated using data collected over 17 years. Findings reveal an association between adoptees' outcomes and their race, gender, and adoptive family structure. Placement history was not significant. Implications for policy and practice are discussed, as are future directions for research.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Barth
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011287:Prejudice; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012933:Social Identification; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology