Transracial adoption of Koreans: A preliminary study of adjustment

✍ Scribed by Kevin L. Wickes; John R. Slate

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 476 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-0653
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00114788

✦ Synopsis

Because of the increased incidence of transracial adoption, we explored psychological issues of self-concept and acculturation for a sample of 175 Korean adoptees who completed the following instruments: Self-Description Questionnaire-III, Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale, and the Asian American Cultural Identity Scale. Significant differences were found between our sample and the normative sample on the SDQ-III, with our sample scoring higher in Religion, Honesty, Relations with Opposite Sex, Physical Appearance, and General self-concept and lower in Math, Emotional Stability, and Relations with Parents. The later the age at which Korean adoptees were placed, the higher their Math and Honesty selfconcept subscores were. The Verbal self-concept score, however, was negatively related with age of placement of Korean adoptees. In general, our findings suggested lhat certain aspects of self-concept were influenced by early or later placement of Korean adoptees. Implications of findings are discussed.