Results of studies to determine how well children, who have been adopted
internationally, have adjusted are inconclusive. Little is known about the
adjustment of adolescents (12-17 years of age) in relation to young adults (18-25
years of age). This study compares the adjustment by age and by gender for 86
adolescent inter-country adoptees with that of 33 of their adolescent siblings
raised in the same family. Also examined is the adjustment of 49 young adult
adoptees (18-25 years of age) in comparison with 65 of their young adult siblings.
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