RT journal article
T1 Mother–Child Relationship During Childhood in Adoptive Families and Psychological Well-Being in Early Adulthood
A1 Melero Santos, Sandra
A1 Sánchez Sandoval, Yolanda
A2 Psicología
K1 adoption
K1 buffering effects
K1 child protection
K1 family context
K1 longitudinal study
K1 psychological well-being
AB Research on adoption traditionally focused on identifying difficulties in adopted children and adolescents. However, there is growing interest in adult adoptees. This study moves beyond the search for difficulties to analyse psychological well-being in adult adoptees, conceptualized as more than just the satisfaction of needs or the absence of problems. Previous research has highlighted preadoptive and postadoptive factors that might influence well-being, emphasizing the importance of family context during development for future adjustment. This work also aims to identify variables that promote psychological well-being, including both previous difficulties and positive influences from the family environment. The study included 73 adult adoptees (50.7% female) from a longitudinal study on domestic adoption in Spain, with a mean age of 7.18 in Wave 1, 13.18 in W2 and 29.58 years in W3. Their mean age at adoption was 1.85 years. Findings show that psychological well-being is influenced by previous difficulties and family factors during development. Moreover, there is an indirect effect that leads to considering all the variables included in the model. To conclude, despite the presence of difficulties that might influence adult psychological well-being, there are some variables related to the adoptive family that might buffer those effects.
PB John Wiley and Sons Inc
SN 1365-2206
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37932
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37932
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026