Psychological issues in adoption : Research and practice / Ed. by David M. Brodzinsky, Jesus Palacios.

Includes bibliogr. references (p. [269]-305) and indexes.

Contemporary adoption in the United States : implications for the next wave of adoption theory, research, and practice / Devon Brooks, Cassandra Simmel, Leslie Wind, and Richard P. Barth -- Changing attitudes of adoptive parents in Northern European countries / Rene Hoksbergen and Jan ter Laak -- Prenatal and postnatal risks to neurobiological development in internationally adopted children / Megan R. Gunnar and Darlene A. Ketes -- Adverse pre-adoption experiences and psychological outcomes / Michael Rutter -- Change and continuity in mental representations of attachment after adoption / Jill Hodges, Miriam Steele, Saul Hillman, Kay Henderson, and Jeanne Kaniuk -- Beyond adopted/non-adopted comparisons / Jesus Palacios and Yolanda Sanchez-Sandoval -- Reconceptualizing openness in adoption : implications for theory, research, and practice / David M. Brodzinsky -- Openness in adoption : outcomes for adolescents with the adoptive kinship networks / Harold D. Grotevant, Yvette V. Perry, and Ruth G. McRoy -- The construction of adoptive parenthood and filiation in Italian families with adolescents : a family perspective / Rosa Rosnati -- International adoptions in Scandinavia / Monica Dalen -- Methodological issues in using large-scale survey data for adoption research / Brent C. Miller, Xitao Fan, and Harold D. Grotevant -- Recent and future directions for adoption research / Jesus Palacios and David M. Brodzinsky.