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Adoption GUEST EDITORIAL The Bigger Boxes A sociologist friend of mine, Gunhild Hagestad, frequently presses her students with a simple question about their research interests: What is the bigger box that this topic fits within? This question is particularly relevant for adoption research. In a recent article, my colleagues and I have argued that adoption research can usefully be placed within two theoretical frameworks: stress and coping literature and life-span developmental psychology (Smyer, Gatz, Simi, & Pedersen, 1998). In each case, we are trying to place the topic of adoption within bigger theoretical boxes to improve our understanding of both adoption and the larger theories. At first glance, it should be easy to extend earlier work on stress, coping and resilience to current adoption research (e.g., Rutter [1993, 1996] on risk and resilience). To do so, however, immediately raises a Michael A. Smyer is Dean of Graduate Studies, Associate Vice President for Research, and Professor of Psychology at Boston College. Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 3(2) 1999 E 1999 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 ADOPTION QUARTERLY basic question: Is adoption a life stress? Does being adopted put the child at risk for adverse outcomes? For example, in our http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

Adoption

Smyer, Michael A.
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 3 (2): 3 – Dec 1, 1999
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GUEST EDITORIAL The Bigger Boxes A sociologist friend of mine, Gunhild Hagestad, frequently presses her students with a simple question about their research interests: What is the bigger box that this topic fits within? This question is particularly relevant for adoption research. In a recent article, my colleagues and I have argued that adoption research can usefully be placed within two theoretical frameworks: stress and coping literature and life-span developmental psychology (Smyer, Gatz,...
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GUEST EDITORIAL The Bigger Boxes A sociologist friend of mine, Gunhild Hagestad, frequently presses her students with a simple question about their research interests: What is the bigger box that this topic fits within? This question is particularly relevant for adoption research. In a recent article, my colleagues and I have argued that adoption research can usefully be placed within two theoretical frameworks: stress and coping literature and life-span developmental psychology (Smyer, Gatz, Simi, & Pedersen, 1998). In each case, we are trying to place the topic of adoption within bigger theoretical boxes to improve our understanding of both adoption and the larger theories. At first glance, it should be easy to extend earlier work on stress, coping and resilience to current adoption research (e.g., Rutter [1993, 1996] on risk and resilience). To do so, however, immediately raises a Michael A. Smyer is Dean of Graduate Studies, Associate Vice President for Research, and Professor of Psychology at Boston College. Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 3(2) 1999 E 1999 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 ADOPTION QUARTERLY basic question: Is adoption a life stress? Does being adopted put the child at risk for adverse outcomes? For example, in our

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