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The following are links to available adoption research. If you cannot find what you're looking for here, please use our search engine to find related or additional research. If you're still not able to find what you are seeking, please contact us for research assistance.

This section changes regularly so please visit often. If you know of search that we should include here please let us know.

  • Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Research
  • CWLA National Center for Research and Data (NCRD)
  • Open Adoption Research and Studies
  • Great Wall: China Adoption Research & Clinical Adoption Studies
  • National Association of Social Workers: Abstracts of qualitative and quantitative adoption research
  • International adoption research - research on adoptees and adoptive families
  • Research, studies into the consequences outcome of adoption for 'birthmothers' and adoptees
  • Researchers Investigating Various Aspects of International Adoption
  • Center for Adoption Policy
  • Adoption Council of Canada/Conseil d'Adoption du Canada
  • Barriers and Success Factors in Adoption from Foster Care
  • Creating A Family: Adoption Research
  • The Minnesota / Texas Adoption Research Project (MTARP) is a longitudinal research study that focuses on the consequences of variations in openness in adoption arrangements
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