Elisha Marr: Religiosity and Adoption
Dr. Elisha Marr & Dr. Emily Helder discuss research regarding religiosity and adoption. Dr. Marr outlines the findings from existing nationally representative datasets regarding the link between relig...
22 Mars 202128min
Marta Reinoso: International Adoption (Dubbed English)
Dr. Marta Reinoso outlines trends in international adoption in Spain and globally. She then moves on to discuss the role of attachment and bonding within the family system following international adop...
9 Mars 202142min
Amy Whitesel: The Early Growth and Development Study
Dr. Amy Whitesel describes the work that she and her colleagues in the Early Growth and Development Study have been conducting. The EGDS is a longitudinal study that includes birth/first families, ado...
22 Feb 202128min
Marta Santos Nunes: Parenting Stress in Adoptive Families
Dr. Marta Santos Nunes describes the research on parenting stress among adoptive families. She identifies ways that parental factors, such as expectations and parental warmth, and child characteristic...
8 Feb 202131min
Danielle Godon-Decoteau: Transracial adoptees: the rewards and challenges of searching for their birth parents
Dr. Danielle Godon-Decoteau describes her research in the area of search and reunion with birth/first family among adult transracial adoptees. She begins by outlining the range of perspectives and tho...
1 Feb 202130min
Sharon Glennen: Speech Language Development in Adopted Children
Dr. Sharon Glennen describes her research examining speech language outcomes among adopted children. She discusses the complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors in language develo...
18 Jan 202128min
Harold Grotevant: Openness in Adoption
Dr. Harold Grotevant holds the Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is the founding director of the Rudd Adoption Research Program. He, along...
11 Jan 202140min
Monica Dalen: Academic Outcomes among Adoptees
Dr. Monica Dalen discusses her work on academic outcomes among adoptees. She emphasizes the variability in outcomes and the challenges that emerge when trying to make general statements about adoptees...
4 Jan 202127min
