MTARP Publications
Publications Related to Openness in Adoption
Theses and dissertations on adoption
Project codebooks (partial list)
Related articles on adoption by co-PIs and/or team members
McRoy, R.G., & Zurcher, L. A. (1983). Transracial and inracial adoptees: The adolescent years. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
Grotevant, H. D., McRoy, R. G. & Jenkins, V. Y. (1988). Emotionally disturbed adopted adolescents: Early patterns of family adaptation. Family Process, 27, 439-457.
McRoy, R. G., Grotevant, H. D. & Zurcher, L. A. (1988). Emotional disturbance in adopted adolescents: Origins & development. New York: Praeger.
Grotevant, H. D. & McRoy, R. G. (1990). Adopted adolescents in residential treatment: The role of the family. In D. Brodzinsky & M. Schechter (Eds.), The psychology of adoption (pp. 167-186). New York: Oxford University Press.
McRoy, R.G., Grotevant, H.D., Ayers-Lopez, S., & Furuta, A. (1990). Adoption revelation and communication issues: Implications for practice with adoptive families. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 71, 550-557.
Grotevant, H.D. (1991). Adopting retarded children: Joys and challenges. (Review of Parents for children, children for parents: The adoption alternative by L. M. Glidden). Contemporary Psychology, 36, 151-152.
McRoy, R.G., & Gusukuma, I. (1991). The significance of racial identity in intercountry adoptions. British Journal of Adoption and Fostering, 15(4), 53-61.
Grotevant, H.D. (1992). Assigned and chosen identity components: A process perspective on their integration. In G. R. Adams, R. Montemayor, & T. Gulotta (Eds.), Advances in adolescent development (Vol. 4) (pp. 73-90). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Grotevant, H.D. (1993). The integrative nature of identity: Bringing the soloists to sing in the choir. In J. Kroger (Ed.), Discussions on ego identity. (pp. 121-146) Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
McRoy, R.G. (1994). Racial identity and attachment in transracial adoptions: Implications for child placement decision making. Journal of Multicultural Social Work, 3(3), 59-75.
McRoy, R.G. (1996). Racial identity issues for black children in foster care. In S. Logan (Ed.), Black family strengths, self help, and positive change. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
McRoy, R.G., & Hall, C.I. (1996). Transracial adoptions in whose best interest? In M. Root (Ed.), The multicultural experience. (pp. 63-78). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Grotevant, H.D. (1997). Family processes, identity development, and behavioral outcomes for adopted adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 12, 139-161.
McRoy, R.G., Oglesby, Z., & Grape, H. (1997). Achieving same race adoptive placements: Practice and policy issues. Child Welfare, 76, 85-106.
Wrobel, G.M., & Grotevant, H.D. (1997). Adoption. In G. Bear, K. Minke, & A. Thomas (Eds.), Children's needs II: Psychological perspectives. Washington, D.C.: National Association of School Psychologists.
Grotevant, H.D. (1997). Coming to terms with adoption: The construction of identity from adolescence into adulthood. Adoption Quarterly, 1,3-27.
Grotevant, H.D. (1998). Adolescent development in family contexts. In W. Damon (Series Editor) & N. Eisenberg (Volume Editor), Handbook of Child Psychology; Vol. 3: Social, Emotional, and Personality Development. (5th Ed.) (pp. 1097-1149). New York: Wiley.
Grotevant, H.D. & Cooper, C.R. (1998). Individuality and connectedness in adolescent development: Review and prospects for research on identity, relationships, and context. In E. Skoe & A. von der Lippe (Eds.), Personality development in adolescence: A cross-national and life span perspective. London: Routledge.
McRoy, R.G. (1998). Preserving African American culture: Perspectives on transracial placements. Los Angeles: Institute for Black Parenting.
Bengtson, P. & Grotevant, H.D. (1999). The Individuality and Connectedness Q-Sort: A measure for assessing individuality and connectedness in dyadic relationships. Personal Relationships, 6, 213-225.
Fiese, B.H., Sameroff, A.J., Grotevant, H.D., Wamboldt, F.S., Dickstein, S., & Fravel, D.L. (1999) The stories that families tell: Narrative coherence, narrative style, and relationship beliefs. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 64(2), Serial No. 257.
Grotevant, H.D., & Kohler, J.K. (1999). Adoptive families. In M. Lamb (Ed.), Nontraditional families: Parenting and child development. (2nd Ed.) (pp. 161-190) Mahweh, NJ: Erlbaum.
McRoy, R.G. (1999). Special needs adoptons: Practice issues. New York: Garland Publishing.
McRoy, R., and Grape, H. (1999). Skin color in transracial and inracial adoptions. Child Welfare, LXXVIII (5), 673-692.
Altstein, H., & McRoy, R.G. (2000) Does family preservation serve a child’s best interests? Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
Gunnar, M.R., Bruce, J., & Grotevant, H.D. (2000). International adoption of institutionally-reared children: Research and policy. Development and Psychopathology, 12, 677 - 693.
Gusukuma, I and McRoy, R. (2000). Intercountry adoptions. In M. Kluger, P. Curtis and G. Alexander (eds.), What Works in Child Welfare. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America.
McRoy, R.G., Onken, S., & Gusukuma, I. (2000). A comparative study of intact, disrupted, dissolved foster parent adoptions. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Miller, B.C., Fan, X., Christensen, M., Grotevant, H.D., & van Dulmen, M. (2000). Comparisons of adopted and nonadopted adolescents in a large, nationally representative sample. Child Development, 71, 1458 – 1473.
Miller, B.C., Fan, X., Grotevant, H.D., Christensen, M., Coyl, D., & van Dulmen, M. (2000). Adopted adolescents’ overrepresentation in mental health counseling: Adoptees’ problems or parents’ lower threshold for referral? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 1504 – 1511.
Fiese, G. H., Sameroff, A.J., Grotevant, H.D., Wamboldt, F.S., Dickstein, S., & Fravel, D.L. (2001). Observing families through the stories that they tell: A multidimensional approach. In P. Kerig & R. Lindahl (Eds.), Family observational coding systems: Resources for systemic research. (pp. 259 – 271) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Miller, B.C., Fan, X., Christensen, M., Grotevant, H.D., van Dulmen, M., & Dunbar, N. (2001). Who is adopted? Measuring adoption status using national survey data. Adoption Quarterly, 5(1), 23-44.
van Dulmen, M.H.M., Grotevant, H.D., Dunbar, N., Miller, B.C., Bayley, B., Christensen, M., & Fan, X. (2002). Connecting national survey data with DSM-IV criteria. Journal of Adolescent Health, 31, 475-481.
Fan, X., Miller, B.C., Christensen, M., Park, K-E, Grotevant, H.D., van Dulmen, M., Dunbar, N., & Bayley, B. (2002). Questionnaire and interview inconsistencies exaggerated differences between adopted and non-adopted adolescents in a national sample. Adoption Quarterly, 6(2), 7-27.
Miller, B. C., Fan, X., & Grotevant, H. D. (in press, 2005). Methodological issues in assessing adoption adjustment using large national data bases: Some examples from Add Health data. In D. Brodzinsky & J. Palacios (Eds.), Psychological issues in adoption: Theory, research, and application. New York: Greenwood Press.
Wrobel, G. M., Hendrickson, Z., & Grotevant, H. D. (in press, 2005). Adoption. In K. Minke (Ed.), Children's needs III: Psychological perspectives. Washington, D.C.: National Association of School Psychologists. MTARP Publications.doc Updated 1-31-2005