Adult adoptees and their friends: Current functioning and psychosocial well-being

Adoptees (n = 100) and a matched group of their friends completed measures of psychosocial well-being thought particularly salient for adult adoptees. Results indicated more similarities (life satisfaction, life regrets, purp ose in life, intimacy, substance abuse) than differences (connectedness, de pression self-esteem) between the two groups. Adoptees expressed stronger r egrets about 75 general than adopted-related issues. Follow-up analyses sug gested greater variability within the adoptee than the friend group on seve ral variables; search status helped explain this greater variability.