The Long-Term Adjustment and Identity of a Sample of Inter-Country Adopted Children

See B. Joe , "In defense of inter-country adoption", Social Service Review, 1978, March, 1-20; and T. Melone , "Adoption and crisis in the Third World", International Child Welfare Review, 1976, 28, 20-25.

Melone, op. cit For evidence on racism in Britain see C. Bagley and G. Verma , Racial Produce, the Individual and Society. Farnborough: Saxon House, 1979.

For a review of some of these studies see C. Bagley , "Adoption and the powerful effects of environment", Adoption and Fostering, 1977, 88.

See L. Grow and Q. Shapiro , Black Child-White Parents, New York: Child Welfare League of America, 1975; R. Simon and H. Alstein , Transracial Adoption. New York: Wiley, 1977; and J. Ladner , Mixed Families: Adopting Across Racial Boundaries. New York: Anchor Press, 1977.

C. Bagley and L. Young , "The identity, adjustment and achievement of transracially adopted children: A review and empirical report", in G. Verma and C. Bagley (Eds.) Race, Education and Identity. London: MacMillan 1979; and B. Tizard , Adoption: A Second Chance. London: Open Books, 1978.

E. Erikson , Childhood and Society, New York: Norton, 1963; and Identity, Youth and Crisis , London: Faber, 1968.

A. Maslow , Motivation and Personality. New York: Harper and Row, 1954.

R Turner , "Is there a quest for identity?" Sociological Quarterly , 1975, 16, 148-161; and J. Frankel and J. Dullaert , "Is adolescent rebellion universal?" Adolescence, 1977, 12, 227-236.

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Mr. Rutter , P. Graham , D. Chadwick and W. Yule , "Adolescent turmoil: fact or fiction?" Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1976, 17, 35-56.

H. Kirk , Shared Fate: A Theory of Adoption and Mental Health. London : Collier- MacMillan, 1964.

B. Tizard , Adoption: A Second Chance. London: Open Books, 1978, and Bagley and Young , op. cit

For a review of some of these studies see S. Coopersmith. "Self-concept, race and education", in G. Verma and G Bagley (Eds.), Race and Education Across Cultuers. London: Heinemann , 1975.

C. Bagley and L. Evan-Wong. "Neuroticism and extraversion in responses to Coopersmith's self-esteem inventory", Psychological Reports, 1975, 36, 253-254.

P. Weinreich , "Cross-ethnic identification and self-rejection in a black adolescent", in G. Verma and C. Bagley (Eds.), Race, Education and Identity, London: MacMillan , 1979.

C. Bagley , G. Verma , K. Mallick and L. Young , Personality, Self-Esteem and Prejudice. Farnborough: Saxon House, 1979.

Cf. the results reported by C. Bagley , G. Verma and K. Mallick , "Pupil self-esteem: a study of black and white teenagers in British schools", in G. Verma and C. Bagley , Race, Education and Identity. London: MacMillan, 1979.

Weinreich , op. cit

C. Bagley , "Suicidal behaviour and suicidal ideation in adolescents: a problem for counsellors in education". British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 1975, 3, 190-208.

C. Bagley , "Adoption and child welfare in India". Adoption and Fostering, 1979, 97, 42-48.