Outcome Studies & Research
Presentations of outcome studies regarding many aspects of adoption including transracial and transcultural adoption, open adoption, gay/lesbian parenting, and child welfare outcomes.
Every five years, the federal government reviews states' compliance with standards set for 14 major areas in their child and family services - which include services relating to adoption and foster care. So how did we do?
Research published by Princeton University academics slams non-biological parents, including adoptive, step, and foster, and ignites tempers.
Results of a study by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute support claims that new "safe haven" laws are causing problems, not solving them.
Adoption - but at what price? This Swedish study looks at international adoption in Sweden and other major receiving countries, and contains interesting conclusions on adoptee outcomes, including criticism of many U.S. studies which do not take into consideration the age at which children are adopted and/or other factors. (.pdf format, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
2002: "Who Is Adopting Older Children?" A report from the National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption's The Roundtable, 29 percent of foster care children adopted in 2000 were between 9-17 years old, and older African-American children are over three times more likely to be adopted by single women than older White children. (.pdf format requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
American Indian Adoptees A study of adult American Indians who were adopted into non-Indian families as children reveals identity confusion and more. The information packet is available for purchase from NICWA.
Empirical Studies on Gay and Lesbian Parenting A bibliography of published studies with summaries, from the American Psychological Association.
"Growing Up Adopted" The original 1994 study from The Search Institute.
Legalized Abortion and Adoption The report of a study from The Alan Guttmacher Institute finds that the "rate of adoptions of children born to white women declined by 34-37% in states that repealed restrictive abortion laws..."
"Lesbian and Gay Parenting" From the
American Psychological Association, this comprehensive study overturns many misconceptions.
Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project This ongoing project examines open adoption and its consequences on adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents.
Outcome Study of Adoptees Three groups of transculturally placed adoptees (Viet Namese, Korean, Native Americans born in Canada) were the focus of this study presented at the NACAC Conference in August 1996.
Study: Search in the Adoption Experience The Center for Adoption Research at the Univ. of Massachusetts has released the results of this study, available for download in .pdf format. (Requires an Adobe Acrobat reader.)
Twins and Adoption Twins studies corroborate inherited behavior, from a study by the MN Center for Twin and Adoption Research.
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