Thicker Than Blood Bonds of Fantasy and Reality in Adoption

by Akhtar, Salman; Kramer, Selma

• ISBN13: 9780765702661
• ISBN10: 0765702665
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

Thicker Than Blood addresses in depth the impact of adoption on biological parents, adoptive parents, adopted children, and siblings.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment	xi
Contributors	xiii
The Multifaceted Psychosocial Impact of Adoption	1	(18)
M. Hossein Etezady
Salman Akhtar
Selma Kramer
Bonding Across Difference	19	(42)
Carlotta G. Miles
Separation--Individuation Theory and Interracial Adoption	61	(30)
Discussion of Miles's Chapter ``Bonding Across Difference''
Katherine Reed
Attachment and Separation-Individuation in Foreign-Born Children Adopted after the Age of Five Months	91	(30)
Elaine Frank
Denise Rowe
From Foreign Born to Feeling at Home	121	(18)
Discussion of Frank and Rowe's Chapter, ``Attachment and Separation-Individuation in Foreign-Born Children Adopted after the Age of Five Months''
Jennifer M. Bonovitz
Attachment Theory in the Light of Adoption Research	139	(14)
Marshall D. Schechter
Attachment and Its Vicissitudes	153	(18)
Discussion of Schechter's Chapter ``Attachment Theory in the Light of Adoption Research''
Ira Brenner
Adoption, Insecurity, and Fear of Attachment: An Illustrative Psychoanalytic Case Study	171	(28)
Martin A. Silverman
The Pain of Broken Bonds	199	(12)
Discussion of Silverman's Chapter ``Adoption, Insecurity, and Fear of Attachment''
Paul R. Viola
Toward Optimizing the Adopted Child's Development	211	(24)
Concluding Reflections
Robert C. Prall
Henri Parens
Index	235