Reconstruction of Adoption Issues: Delineation of Five Phases Among Adult Adoptees

✍ Scribed by Judith Penny; L. DiAnne Borders; Francie Portnoy

• Book ID: 102283226
• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 160 KB
• Volume: 85
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1556-6678
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00441.x

✦ Synopsis

Five adoption‐reconstruction phases were identified in narratives of 100 adoptees ages 35 to 55 years. Phases ranged from no awareness of adoption issues (Phase 1) to acute awareness accompanied by anger, resentment, and sadness about adoption (Phase 3) to a sense of peace and acceptance (Phase 5). Consistent quantitative and qualitative differences were found among adoptees at the 5 phases on multiple measures of functioning.