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A study of adoption reunions and self concept in adult adoptees

University of British Columbia

The primary aim of this study was to examine whether adoptees who had experienced a reunion with a birth relative would score more positively on a measure of self-concept than adoptees who had not experienced a reunion. The Tennessee Self- Concept Scale (Roid & Fitts, 1988) was administered by mailout to adoptees who were members of the Forget Me Not Family Society or the TRIAD Society. A total of 159 adult adoptees participated in the study. Contrary to expectation, the results of the study indicated no differences on self-concept scores between reunited and searching adoptees. In addition, the mean scores of adoptees in this study were within the normal limits reported for the general population. The findings seem to indicate that as a group, adoptees do not differ in self-concept from the general population and also that reunions do not influence the self-concept of adult adoptees.

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2009-02-11

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http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4482

Counselling Psychology

University of British Columbia

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