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Influence of Communicative Openness on the Psychological Adjustment of Internationally Adopted Adolescents. 2020

Inés Aramburu Alegret, and Carles Pérez-Testor, and Josep Mercadal Rotger, and Manel Salamero Baró, and Montse Davins Pujols, and Vinyet Mirabent Junyent, and Berta Aznar Martínez, and David Brodzinsky

Universitat Ramon Llull.

This study evaluated the predictive relationship between the communicative openness and psychological adjustment of adopted adolescents, controlling for preplacement risk factors. One hundred Spanish international adoptees aged 12-18 took part in the study. Data were gathered with a structured interview, the Youth Self Report and the Adoption Communication Scale. A history of maltreatment prior to the adoption was associated with more closed communication between parents and children. Prenatal drug exposure shows a relationship with the presence of externalizing behaviors and attention problems in adolescents. Finally, a lower degree of communicative openness regarding the child's origins was significantly associated with the presence of all the adolescent behavioral problems studied.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010290	Parents	Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.	Step-Parents,Parental Age,Parenthood Status,Stepparent,Age, Parental,Ages, Parental,Parent,Parental Ages,Status, Parenthood,Step Parents,Step-Parent,Stepparents
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000066498	Emotional Adjustment	Psychological process that occurs when an individual adapts to a significant emotional event or stimulus.	Emotional Adaptation,Psychological Adjustment,Adaptation, Emotional,Adaptations, Emotional,Adjustment, Emotional,Adjustment, Psychological,Adjustments, Emotional,Adjustments, Psychological,Emotional Adaptations,Emotional Adjustments,Psychological Adjustments
D000073922	Child, Adopted	Individual who becomes a child of a family by means of legal action.	Adopted, Children,Children, Adopted,Adopted Child,Adopted Children,Children Adopted
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000294	Adolescent Behavior	Any observable response or action of an adolescent.	Behavior, Adolescent,Adolescent Behaviors,Behaviors, Adolescent
D000300	Adoption	Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.	Adoptions
D012917	Social Adjustment	Adaptation of the person to the social environment. Adjustment may take place by adapting the self to the environment or by changing the environment. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996).	Adjustment, Social,Adjustments, Social,Social Adjustments