MTARP Publications
Publications Related to Openness in Adoption
Theses and dissertations on adoption
Project codebooks (partial list)
Theses and dissertations on adoption supervised by Grotevant or McRoy
Schmid, K. (1994). Intergenerational relationships in adoptive families: Adoptive parents' interpretations. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota.
Christian, C.L. (1995). Birthmother role adjustment in fully-disclosed, mediated and confidential adoptions. Unpublished masters thesis, University of Texas at Austin.
Fravel, D.L. (1995). Boundary ambiguity perceptions of adoptive parents experiencing various levels of openness in adoption. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota.
Ross, N. M. (1995). Adoptive family processes that predict adopted child behavior and self-esteem. Unpublished master's thesis, University of Minnesota.
ten Broeke Balke, T. W. (1996). The percceptions of the role of birthfathers in adoption: A New Zealand perspective. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota.
Gusukuma, I. (1997). Intercountry adoption: The experiences and adjustments of families adopting children from Latin America, China, and the United States. Unpublished doctoral dissertation: University of Texas at Austin.
Kohler, J.K. (1999). Adopted adolescents’ preoccupation with adoption: The impact on adoptive family dynamics. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Minnesota.
Christian, C. L. (2000). Grief resolution of birthmothers: The impact of role development and varying degrees of openness. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at Austin.
Esau, A. L. (2000). Family contexts of birthmother identity and intimacy development. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota.
van Dulmen, M. H. M. (2001). The family as context for the development of close peer relationships among adopted adolescents. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota.
Dunbar, N. (2003). Typologies of adolescent adoptive identity: The influence of family context and relationships. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota.
Von Korff, L. (2004). Openness arrangements and psychological adjustment in adolescent adoptees. Unpublished masters thesis, University of Minnesota.
Wolfgram, S. M. (2005). Predicting contact over time between adoptive parents and birthmothers in the open adoptive kinship network. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota.