Psychological Effects on Adoptees

養子縁組の人々のために幸せで満たされた生活を送ることは、一般的に採用されていない人にとっては違いはありませんが、養子縁組者は彼らに固有のさまざまな心理的影響を経験しています。さまざまな感情と反応は、養子縁組の人生のさまざまな段階で、早期の喪失と悲しみの感覚から、後の単純な遺伝的問題まで発生します。

1. 損失

   • Feelings of loss, grief and abandonment are often experienced by adoptees. Loss is often accompanied by a sense of abandonment and rejection. Grieving begins as an adoptee becomes old enough to know what being adopted means.場合によっては、悲しむ養子縁組、特に幸せな家に住んでいる養子縁組は、悲しみを感じ、養子の両親からそれを隠すことに罪悪感を感じます。 In addition to guilt and grief, an adoptee may react to the loss he or she feels with anger, numbness, depression, anxiety and fear.これらの感情は、養子婦の人生の任意の時点で発生する可能性がありますが、家族の死や結婚などのトリガーの瞬間に特に強いです。

   Identity and Self-esteem

   • Questions of identity begin for adoptees in adolescence, often carrying into adulthood.養子縁組者のアイデンティティ開発は、養子縁組の生物学的家族の問題、養子縁組のために配置された理由、出生親の地位、養子縁組者が両親のように見える場合、養子縁組者が社会階層に属している場合に焦点を当てています。

     Identity issues correspond to self-esteem issues as well; studies have shown that adoptees may view themselves as different or out-of-place due to the loss of birth parents and immediate family. Non-adoptees are not as prone to self-esteem and identity issues as adoptees are.

   Interest in Genetic Information

   • Adoptees often lack genetic and medical history. When visiting a doctor for a routine visit, an adoptee may feel uneasy if asked to supply his or her medical history. This makes them acutely aware of how they are different from those who were not adopted. Often when an adoptee gets married and wants to have his or her own family, the interest in their own genetic identity increases.養子縁組者は、子供がどんな種類の身体的特性を持つかを知りたい - そして、遺伝子に未知の遺伝的障害が運ばれているかどうか

   Management of Psychological Effects

   • The Child Welfare Information Gateway points to a number of ways that adoptees dealing with psychological issues can manage their symptoms.

     サポートグループは、悲しみや喪失を表現するための非常に必要なアウトレットを提供する場合があります。

     Professional counselling offers help beyond that which family and friends or a support group can offer. Reading about the experiences of others is a helpful coping mechanism.

     Lastly, searching for -- and finding or making contact with -- birth parents provides closure and peace of mind for adoptees.