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Fan, Xitao; Miller, Brent C.; Christensen, Mathew; Park, Kyung-Eun; Grotevant, Harold D.; van Dulmen, Manfred; Dunbar, Nora; Bayley, Bruce – Adoption Quarterly, 2002
Analyzed data from two data sets in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Wave I to identify discrepancies between in-school questionnaire and in-home interview results. Identified a group of "jokester" adolescents likely to have identified themselves as adoptees, when they were not. Found evidence suggesting that this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adopted Children, Adoption, Comparative Analysis