The Predictors of Family Cohesion and Conflict in Transracially Adoptive Families

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dc.contributor.advisorLeslie, Leigh Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Dawnyea Dominiqueen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFamily Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-07T06:00:04Z
dc.date.available2010-10-07T06:00:04Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractTransracial adoption in the United States has a short, but controversial history. Between 1971 and 2001, U.S. citizens adopted 265, 677 children from other countries. The increased prevalence and controversial history of transracial adoption makes it very important to learn more about the well being of transracially adoptive families. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the extent to which the diversity of the community in which a family lives and the parent's multiethnic experiences are predictors of family cohesion and conflict in transracially adoptive families. This relationship was examined for a sample (N=47) of Asian (n=24) Black (n=12) and Latino (n=11) participants. Results yielded no significant results, except for one interesting finding for the Latino racial/ethnic group. The results indicated that for the Latino racial/ethnic group the higher the parent's multiethnic experiences the lower the level of family cohesion, which was not in the predicted direction. The empirical implications of these findings are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10893
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Individual and Family Studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledadoptionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcohesionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledconflicten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfamiliesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpredictorsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtransracialen_US
dc.titleThe Predictors of Family Cohesion and Conflict in Transracially Adoptive Familiesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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