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The Practice of Adoption

History, Trends, and Social Context

Kathy P. Zamostny

University of Maryland, kz2{at}umail.umd.edu

Karen M. O'Brien

University of Maryland

Amanda L. Baden

Montclair State University

Mary O'Leary Wiley

Independent Practice

This article presents an overview of the practice of adoption to counseling psychologists to promote clinical understanding of the adoption experience and to stimulate research on adoption. The article includes definitions of adoption terminology, important historical and legal developments for adoption, a summary of adoption statistics, conceptualizations of adoption experience, themes and trends in adoption outcome research related to adoptees and birthparents, and selected theoretical models of adoption. The importance of considering social context variables in adoption practice and research is emphasized.

The Counseling Psychologist, Vol. 31, No. 6, 651-678 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0011000003258061
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