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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Adoption Communication: Descriptive analysis

From: Process of adoption communication openness in adoptive families: adopters’ perspective

 

M

SD

Min.

Max.

Child’s age at first communication

5.85

2.42

2.5

12.5

Communication timing (years)

2.38

2.07

0

9.5

Frequency of the parents’ communication

1.57

1.02

0

3

Frequency of the child’s questioning

1.19

0.98

0

3

Frequency of parent-child communicative interaction

1.38

0.92

0

3

Adoption social disclosure

3.16

0.67

1

4