On Individual Difference, Choice, Selection, and Complexity in Adoption Research.

Presents two chain-of-choices models, one for adoptive parents and one for birth parents and adoptees, as possible frameworks within which to consider the role of individual differences, choices, and selections in understanding the process of adoption and adoption outcomes. Discusses the research and practice implications following from the chain-of-choices models and the emphasis on pre-existing individual differences. (Author/KB)