Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees: Assessment of distress, Depression, and Anger

摘要

Psychological adjustment was assessed in a sample of 525 female and 191 male adoptees. Analyses were conducted by gender; by search status, i.e., those who had never searched, Those who were searching, and those who had made contact with their biological parents; And by history of mental health service utilization. Compared to normative data, the sample Reported significantly higher levels of psychological maladjustment; only woment adoptees Scored higher on a scale measureing anger.