eprintid: 484 rev_number: 15 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/00/04/84 datestamp: 2021-12-16 04:26:19 lastmod: 2023-07-07 23:30:20 status_changed: 2021-12-16 04:26:19 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Corral, Susana creators_name: Herrero, Marta creators_name: Martín, Nerea creators_name: Gordejuela, Ane creators_name: Herrero-Fernández, David creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: david.herrero@uneatlantico.es title: Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees: A Meta-Analysis ispublished: pub subjects: uneat_ps divisions: uneatlantico_produccion_cientifica full_text_status: public keywords: Psychological adjustment, Adoption, Meta-analisis abstract: Little is known about the effect adoption status has on psychological adjustment (for instance, depression, anxiety, problem behaviour, or drug misuse) in adulthood. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis to study the impact of adoption status on adult adoptees’ psychological adjustment. Method: The review included 18 quasi-experimental studies conducted between 1993 and 2019. Results: Adoptees had signifi cantly worse psychological adjustment than nonadoptees across all outcomes, except for the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and antisocial personality disorder (APD). The moderating analyses showed a significant effect for ethnicity and marital status. Conclusions: Our results shed light on the specific groups of adoptees at a higher risk of maladjustment. The outcomes most strongly influenced by adoptive status were angry emotions (hostility and anger), psychiatric care, drug abuse, and psychotic symptoms. These findings have clinical implications with regard to the support that practitioners can provide to adoptees and their families. date: 2021-12 date_type: published publication: Psicothema volume: 33 number: 4 publisher: Universidad de oviedo y Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de Asturias pagerange: 527-535 id_number: doi:10.7334/psicothema2021.98 refereed: TRUE issn: 1886-144X official_url: http://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2021.98 access: open language: en citation: Artículo Materias > Psicología Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Producción Científica Abierto Inglés Little is known about the effect adoption status has on psychological adjustment (for instance, depression, anxiety, problem behaviour, or drug misuse) in adulthood. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis to study the impact of adoption status on adult adoptees’ psychological adjustment. Method: The review included 18 quasi-experimental studies conducted between 1993 and 2019. Results: Adoptees had signifi cantly worse psychological adjustment than nonadoptees across all outcomes, except for the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and antisocial personality disorder (APD). The moderating analyses showed a significant effect for ethnicity and marital status. Conclusions: Our results shed light on the specific groups of adoptees at a higher risk of maladjustment. The outcomes most strongly influenced by adoptive status were angry emotions (hostility and anger), psychiatric care, drug abuse, and psychotic symptoms. These findings have clinical implications with regard to the support that practitioners can provide to adoptees and their families. metadata Corral, Susana; Herrero, Marta; Martín, Nerea; Gordejuela, Ane y Herrero-Fernández, David mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, david.herrero@uneatlantico.es (2021) Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees: A Meta-Analysis. Psicothema, 33 (4). pp. 527-535. ISSN 1886-144X document_url: http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/484/1/4699.pdf