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Adoptive Families in Distress
Author(s) -
Rickarby G. A.,
Lee M. M.,
Said J.,
Egan P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1981.tb00696.x
Subject(s) - distress , project commissioning , psychology , psychiatry , representation (politics) , publishing , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , political science , politics , law
In this study, features of 22 adoptive families were examined in the light of some possible explanations of the reported over‐representation of adoptive families among child psychiatry referrals. Themes which emerged included problems with bonding, motivations for adoption and psychiatric illness of parents. Implications for adoption workers are discussed. 1