Preadoption risks, family functioning, and adoption secrecy as predictors of the adjustment of Filipino adopted children

• Main Author: Tarroja, Maria Caridad H.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Adopted children > Philippines > Psychology; Adoption > Philippines; Adopted children—Family relationships > Philippines; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1407; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2406/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

Using a correlational multivariate research design, partial least squares (PLS) was applied to examine the direct and indirect influence of pre-adoption risks, family functioning, and adoption secrecy on the adjustment (which is defined in this study as the internalizing and externalizing behaviors)...