Adjustment among adopted children: The role of maternal self-reflectiveness

Beatriz Priel; Sigal Melamed-Hass; Avi Besser; Bela Kantor

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Adjustment among adopted children: The role of maternal self-reflectiveness

Beatriz Priel, Sigal Melamed-Hass, Avi Besser, Bela Kantor

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

The maternal self-reflective function was assumed to affect maternal perceptions of adopted children's adjustment. In a sample of Israeli mothers of school-aged, non-referred children, self-reflectiveness scores were found to discriminate between adoptive (N = 50) and non-adoptive (N = 80) participants, and affect the rate of perceived externalizing behaviors. Specific protective and risk factors that characterize adoptive motherhood are discussed, indicating their implications for therapeutic intervention.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	389-396
Number of pages	8
Journal	Family Relations
Volume	49
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00389.x
State	Published - 1 Jan 2000

Keywords

Adjustment
Adoption
Externalizing symptoms
School-age children
Self-reflectiveness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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