TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract The undermining impact on mental health for transracial adoptees appears to be an argument related to the disconnect between the child’s developing racial identity and lack of preparation for racism and the cultural and ethnic group social devaluation likely to be experienced in a white racist society. The impact of loss of ethnic identity is said to be a key issue in the research on transracial adoption. Ethnic identity is the connection or recognition that one is a member of a specific ethnic or racial group and coming to adopt those associated characteristics into the group associated cultural and historical connections into oneself identity (Rotheram & Phinney, 1987). The establishment of a secure and accurate racial identity is said to be a protective factor in psychological adjustment. This chapter will explore issues and narratives related to this argument.
SN  - 978-1-83909-965-6, 978-1-83909-964-9/
DO  - 10.1108/978-1-83909-964-920201026
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-964-920201026
AU  - Banks Nicholas
ED  - Richard Majors
ED  - Karen Carberry
ED  - Theodore S. Ransaw
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Transracial Adoption and Mental Health
T2  - The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 405
EP  - 422
Y2  - 2021/02/25
ER  -