| Literature DB >> 7425096 |
Adrienne D Kraft1, Joseph Palombo1, Dorena Mitchell1, Catherine Dean1, Steven Meyers1, Anne Wright Schmidt1.
Abstract
Psychological reactions of childless couples applying to an adoption agency are examined. Infertility can be a developmental life crisis and may be experienced as a narcissistic trauma, resolution of which depends upon individual character structure. Intrapsychic tasks include acceptance and working though of grief for the loss of the self-ideal, restitution of body-image deficiency, and assessment of the importance of parenthood as a developmental phase. An adaptive resolution is seen as a necessary condition for successful adoptive parenting.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID： 7425096 DOI： 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1980.tb03324.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Orthopsychiatry ISSN： 0002-9432