Publications Related to Openness in Adoption
McRoy, R. G. & Grotevant, H. D. (1988). Open adoptions: Practice and policy issues. Journal of Social Work and Human Sexuality, 6, 119-132.
McRoy, R. G., Grotevant, H. D. & White, K. L. (1988). Openness in adoption: New practices, new issues. New York: Praeger.
McRoy, R.G., & Grotevant, H.D. (1991). American experience and research on openness. Adoption and Fostering, 15(4), 99-111.
Fravel, D.L., Grotevant, H.D., Boss, P.G., & McRoy, R.G. (1993). Boundary ambiguity across levels of openness in adoption. In M. Crosbie-Burnett (Ed.), Proceedings of the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop of the National Council on Family Relations.
Grotevant, H.D., McRoy, R.G., Elde, C., & Fravel, D.L. (1994). Adoptive family system dynamics: Variations by level of openness in the adoption. Family Process, 33, 125-146.
McRoy, R.G., Grotevant, H.D., & Ayers-Lopez, S. (1994). Changing practices in adoption. Austin: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.
Grotevant, H.D. (1996). Healthy adoptive families: Many routes to success. Adoptive Families, November/December.
Mendenhall, T.J., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (1996). Adoptive couples: Communication and changes made in openness levels. Family Relations, 45, 223-229.
Wrobel, G., Ayers-Lopez, S., Grotevant, H.D., McRoy, R.G., & Friedrick, M. (1996). Openness in adoption and the level of child participation. Child Development, 67, 2358-2374.
Christian, C.L., McRoy, R.G., Grotevant, H.D., & Bryant, C. (1997).Grief resolution of birthmothers in confidential, time-limited mediated, ongoing mediated, and fully disclosed adoptions. Adoption Quarterly, 1(2), 35-58.
Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (1997). The Minnesota/Texas Openness in Adoption Research Project: Evolving adoption policies and practices and their implications for development and relationships. Applied Developmental Science, 1, 166-184.
Grotevant, H.D., McRoy, R.G., Gusukuma, I., & Loera, L. (1997). Intimacy in the close relationships of women who placed children for adoption. Unpublished manuscript, University of Minnesota.
Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (1998) Openness in Adoption: Exploring Family Connections. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Grotevant, H.D., McRoy, R.G., Dunbar, N., Esau, A.L., Kohler, J.K., Mendenhall, T.J., Siegenthaler, A.L., van Dulmen, M., & Wrobel, G.M. (1998). Integrating variable-centered and case-centered approaches to family research: Examples from research with adoptive families. In R. Day (Ed.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop of the National Council on Family Relations.
Henney, S.M., Onken, S.J., McRoy, R.G., & Grotevant, H.D. (1998). Changing agency practices toward openness in adoption. Adoption Quarterly, 1(3),45-76.
Wrobel, G.M., Kohler, J.K., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (1998). Factors related to patterns of information exchange between adoptive parents and children in mediated adoptions. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 19, 641-657.
Grotevant, H.D. (1999). Adoptive identity development: New kinship patterns, new issues. In A-L Rygvold, M. Dalen, & B. Saetersdal (Eds), Mine – yours – ours – and theirs: Adoption, changing kinship, and family patterns. (pp. 101 – 116). Oslo: University of Oslo.
Grotevant, H.D., Fravel, D.L., Gorall, D., & Piper, J. (1999). Narratives of adoptive parents: Perspectives from individual and couple interviews. In Fiese, B.H., Sameroff, A.J., Grotevant, H.D., Wamboldt, F.S., Dickstein, S., & Fravel, D.L. The stories that families tell: Narrative coherence, narrative style, and relationship beliefs. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 64(2), 69-83.
Grotevant, H.D., Ross, N.M., Marchel, M.A., & McRoy, R.G. (1999). Adaptive behavior in adopted children: Predictors from early risk, balance of relationships in the adoptive kinship network, and openness arrangements. Journal of Adolescent Research, 14, 231-247.
Wrobel, G.M., Kohler, J.K., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (1999). The family adoption communication model (FAC): Identifying pathways of adoption-related communication. In M. Johnson (Ed.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop of the National Council on Family Relations.
Fravel, D.L., McRoy, R.G., & Grotevant, H.D. (2000). Birthmother perceptions of the psychologically present adopted child: Adoption openness and boundary ambiguity. Family Relations, 49, 425 – 433.
Grotevant, H.D. (2000). Openness in adoption. Research with the adoptive kinship network. Adoption Quarterly, 4(1), 45 – 65.
Grotevant, H.D. (2000). What works in open adoption. In M. Kluger, G. Alexander, & P. Curtis (Eds.), What Works in Child Welfare. (pp. 235 – 242). Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America.
Grotevant, H.D., Dunbar, N., Kohler, J.K., & Esau, A.L. (2000). Adoptive identity: How contexts within and beyond the family shape developmental pathways. Family Relations, 49, 379 – 387.
McRoy, R. G. (2000). Changing agency practices: Mental health implications for birthparents, adoptive parents, and adopted children. Final report submitted to the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.
Grotevant, H.D. (2001). Longitudinal outcomes for adopted adolescents: Final report to the William T. Grant Foundation. St. Paul: University of Minnesota.
Grotevant, H.D., Wrobel, G.M., van Dulmen, M. H., & McRoy, R.G. (2001). The emergence of psychosocial engagement in adopted adolescents: The family as context over time. Journal of Adolescent Research, 16, 469 – 490.
Kohler, J.K., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (2002). Adopted adolescents’ preoccupation with adoption: Impact of adoptive family dynamics. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 64, 93-104.
Henney, S.M., McRoy, R.G., Ayers-Lopez, S., & Grotevant, H.D. (2003). The impact of openness on adoption agency practices: A longitudinal perspective. Adoption Quarterly, 6(3), 31-51.
Wrobel, G.M., Grotevant, H.D., Berge, J., Mendenhall, T.J., & McRoy, R.G. (2003). Contact in adoption: The experience of adoptive families in the USA. Adoption and Fostering, 27(1), 57-67.
Wrobel, G.M., Kohler, J.K., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (2003). The Family Adoption Communication Model (FAC): Identifying pathways of adoption-related communication. Adoption Quarterly, 7(2), 53 – 84.
Dunbar, N., & Grotevant, H.D. (2004). Adoption narratives: The construction of adoptive identity during adolescence. In M.W. Pratt & B.H. Fiese (Eds.), Family stories and the life course: Across time and generations. (pp. 135 – 161). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Grotevant, H.D. (2004). The challenges of adopted teens. Family Therapy Magazine, May/June, 28 – 31.
Grotevant, H.D., McRoy, R.G., & Ayers-Lopez. S. (2004). Contact after adoption: Outcomes for infant placements in the United States. In E. Neil & D. Howe (eds.), Contact in adoption and permanent foster care: Research, theory, and practice. London: British Association for Adoption and Fostering.
Henney, S., Ayers-Lopez, S., McRoy, R.G., & Grotevant, H.D. (2004). A longitudinal perspective on changes in adoption openness: The birthmother story. In E. Neil & D. Howe (eds.), Contact in adoption and permanent foster care: Research, theory, and practice. London: British Association for Adoption and Fostering.
Mendenhall, T.J., Berge, J.M., Wrobel, G.M., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (2004). Adolescents’ satisfaction with contact in adoption. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 21, 175 – 190.
Wrobel, G.M., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (2004). Adolescent search for birthparents: Who moves forward? Journal of Adolescent Research, 19, 132 – 151.
Grotevant, H. D., Perry, Y., & McRoy, R. G. (2005). Openness in adoption: Outcomes for adolescents within their adoptive kinship networks. In D. Brodzinsky & J. Palacios (Eds.), Psychological issues in adoption: Research and practice. (pp. 167 – 186). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Berge, J.M., Green, K., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (2006). Sibling narratives regarding contact in adoption. Adoption Quarterly, 9 (2/3), 81-103.
Berge, J. M., Mendenhall, T. J., Wrobel, G. M., Grotevant, H. D., & McRoy, R. G. (2006). Adolescents’ feelings about openness in adoption: Implications for adoption agencies. Child Welfare,85, 1011-1039.
Dunbar, N., van Dulmen, M.H.M., Ayers-Lopez, S., Berge, J.M., Christian, C., Gossman, G., Henney, S.M., Mendenhall, T.J., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (2006). Processes linked to contact changes in adoptive kinship networks. Family Process, 45, 449-464.
Grotevant, H.D. (2006). Adoptive identity. In K. Stolley & V. Bulloch (Eds.), Praeger handbook of adoption. New York: Greenwood Press.
Grotevant, H.D. (2006). Open adoption. In K. Stolley & V. Bulloch (Eds.), Praeger handbook of adoption. New York: Greenwood Press.
Von Korff, L., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (2006). Openness arrangements and psychological adjustment in adolescent adoptees. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 531-534.
Grotevant, H.D., McRoy, R.G., Ayers-Lopez, S., & Wrobel, G.M. (2007). Système familial et Adoption ouverte: État des relations et évolution des enfants et des parents selon le Minnesota / Texas Adoption Project. Prisme. L’Adoption:État des lieux. No. 46, 38-59.
Grotevant, H.D., Dunbar, N., Kohler, J.K., & Esau, A.L. (2007). Adoptive identity: How contexts within and beyond the family shape developmental pathways. In R.A. Javier, A.L. Baden, R.A. Biafora, & A. Comacho-Gingerich (Eds.), Handbook of adoption. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
McRoy, R.G., Grotevant, H.D., Ayers-Lopez, S., & Henney, S. (2007). Open adoptions: Longitudinal outcomes for the adoption triad. In R.A. Javier, A.L. Baden, R.A. Biafora, & A. Comacho-Gingerich (Eds.), Handbook of adoption. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Grotevant, H.D. (in press - 2007). Openness in adoption: Re-thinking “family” in the United States. In M.C. Inhorn (Ed.), Reproductive disruptions: Gender, technology, and biopolitics in the new millennium. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Grotevant, H.D. (in press). Emotional distance regulation over the life course in adoptive kinship networks. In G. Wrobel & E. Neil (Eds.), International Advances in Adoption Research for Practice. London: Wiley.
Ayers-Lopez, S. Henney, S., McRoy, R.G., Hanna, M., & Grotevant, H.D. (in press). Openness in adoption and the impact on birthmother plans for search and reunion. Families in Society.
Henney, S., Ayers-Lopez, S., McRoy, R.G., & Grotevant, H.D. (in press). Evolution and resolution: Birthmothers’ experience of grief and loss at different levels of adoption openness. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
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.
Project codebooks (partial list):
Texas team. (1991). Codebook for adopted child interview. The University of Texas at Austin.
Texas team. (1991). Codebook for adoptive parent interview. The University of Texas at Austin.
Texas team. (1991). Codebook for birthmother interview. The University of Texas at Austin.
Grotevant, H.D., Fravel, D.L., Elde, C., Esau, A., & McRoy, R.G. (1995). Codebook for rating adoptive parent perspectives on family dynamics. University of Minnesota.
Texas team. (1995). Birthparent qualitative coding. The University of Texas at Austin.
Bengtson, P. & Grotevant, H.D. (1996). Codebook for the Individuality and Connectedness Q-Sort. University of Minnesota.
Fravel, D. L. (1996). Rating scale for measuring psychological presence of an adopted child, from the perspective of his or her birthmother. (Available with coding manual from the author at Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, 400 E. 7th St., 615 Poplars, Bloomington, IN 47405).
Fravel, D. L. (1997). Questionnaire for perceived psychological presence by parties to adoption, birthparent form [QP4A-b]. (Available from the author at Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, 400 E. 7th St., 615 Poplars, Bloomington, IN 47405).
Texas team. (1998). Codebook for longitudinal birthmother interview—parenting, partner and birthfather questions. The University of Texas at Austin.
Texas team. (1998). Codebook for longitudinal changes in adoption openness. The University of Texas at Austin.
Texas team. (1998). Codebook for the Twenty Statements Test. The University of Texas at Austin.
Esau, A.M., & Grotevant, H.D. (1999) MTARP Birthmother Identity Coding Manual. University of Minnesota.
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
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