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SELECTIVE PLACEMENT OF ADOPTED CHILDREN: PREVALENCE AND EFFECTS
Author(s) -
HardyBrown Karen,
Plomin Robert,
Greenhalgh John,
Jax Karen
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1980.tb00026.x
Subject(s) - psychology , selective attention , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , cognition , psychiatry
SUMMARY Should adopted children be placed with adoptive parents who are matched to them on physical or behavioral characteristics? This question has been informally debated for many years, yet there is very little theoretical or empirical work on the topic. The purpose of this article is to review what is known of the extent of selective placement from previous studies, to examine data concerning the effects of selective placement and to explore some theoretical implications of selective placement. The article addresses the questions of the extent of selective placement and the effect of selective placement on adopted children. It is suggested that even where substantial selective placement occurs, it may not always be producing the desired effect.