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Grotevant, H.D., Ross, N.M., Marchel, M.A., & McRoy, R.G. (1999). Adaptive behavior in adopted children: Predictors from early risk, balance of relationships in the adoptive kinship network, and openness arrangements. Journal of Adolescent Research, 14, 231-247.

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Kohler, J.K., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (2002). Adopted adolescents’ preoccupation with adoption: Impact of adoptive family dynamics. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 64, 93-104.

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Wrobel, G.M., Grotevant, H.D., Berge, J., Mendenhall, T.J., & McRoy, R.G. (2003). Contact in adoption: The experience of adoptive families in the USA. Adoption and Fostering, 27(1), 57-67.

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Farr, R. H., Ravvina, Y., & Grotevant, H.D. (2018). Birth family contact experiences among lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents with school-age children. Family Relations, 67, 132-146. DOI: 10.1111/fare.12295

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Lo, A. Y. H., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R. G. (2019). Ethical considerations in adoption research: Navigating confidentiality and privacy across the adoption kinship network. Adoption Quarterly, 22, 75-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2018.1488328

Sellers, C.M., Wyman Battalen, A., Fiorenzo, L., McRoy, R.G., & Grotevant, H.D. (2019). Adoptive mothers’ and fathers’ psychological distress: Parenting teens adopted from birth. Adoption Quarterly, 22, 5-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2018.1508530

Wrobel, G.M., & Grotevant, H.D. (2019). Minding the (information) gap: What do emerging adult adoptees want to know about their birth parents? Adoption Quarterly, 22, 29-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2018.1488332

Wyman Battalen, A., Sellers, C. M., McRoy, R.G., & Grotevant, H.D. (2019). Birth mothers now birth grandmothers: Intergenerational relationships in open adoptions. Adoption Quarterly, 22, 53-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2018.1488327

Cashen, K.K., Altamari, D.K., Grotevant, H.D., & McRoy, R.G. (2019). Hearing the voices of adopted young adults: Perspectives on adoption agency practice. Child Welfare, 97(4), 1-22.

Lo, A. Y. H., & Grotevant, H. D. (2020). Adoptive parenting cognitions: Acknowledgment of differences as a predictor of adolkescents’ attachment to parents. Parenting: Science and Practice, 20(2), 83-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694826

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Cashen, K. K., & Grotevant, H.D. (2020). Relational competence in emerging adult adoptees: Conceptualizing competence in close relationships. Journal of Adult Development, 27, 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-019-09328-x

Cashen, K. K., Grotevant, H.D., Wyman Battalen, A., Sellers, C.M., & McRoy, R.G. (2021). Tech-mediated and traditional communication modes in adult adoptees’ contact with birth parents. Family Relations.70, 120-129. DOI:10.1111/fare.12477

Lo, A.Y.H., Cashen, K.K., & Grotevant, H.D. (in press). Adoptive parenting cognitions in the era of open adoption: Is Shared Fate Theory still relevant? Family Relations. DOI: 10.1111/fare.12557