Kowal Katherine A, Schilling Karen Maitland
Department of Psychology.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1985 Jul;55(3):354-362. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1985.tb03450.x.
This study presents results of a survey of 100 adopted adults who contacted a social service agency or search group. Their perspectives on the experience of adoption and their reasons for agency contact are compared with recommended adoption practice of a generation ago and with reports from the clinical literature.