BIRTHPARENT ROMANCES AND IDENTITY FORMATION IN ADOPTED CHILDREN | Zendy

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BIRTHPARENT ROMANCES AND IDENTITY FORMATION IN ADOPTED CHILDREN

Author(s) -

Rosenberg Elinor B.,

Horner Thomas M.

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

american journal of orthopsychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.959

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 1939-0025

pISSN - 0002-9432

DOI - 10.1037/h0079220

Subject(s) - identity (music) , identification (biology) , identity formation , psychology , developmental psychology , self concept , art , aesthetics , biology , botany

Adopted children have two sets of parents as possible identification figures. The usually meager facts about the birthparents are shifted and embellished in response to ongoing developmental needs, and constitute a major contribution to identity formation. A description of this developmental course is offered, and implications of birthparent fantasies for the treatment of adopted persons are discussed.

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