A growing number of adoptive families have contact with their children's birth relatives. The Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project is examining longitudinally the consequences of variations in contact arrangements for birth mothers, adoptive parents, and adopted children in domestic infant adoptions, and is studying the dynamics of relationships within these family systems. Individuals who had contact were more satisfied with their arrangements than those who did not have contact. Satisfaction with contact predicted more optimal adjustment among adopted adolescents and emerging adults. Adoption‐related communication predicted identity development among adopted adolescents and emerging adults. Birth mothers who were more satisfied with their contact arrangements, regardless of level of contact, had less unresolved grief 12–20 years after placement. Adoptive and birth relatives who engage in contact need flexibility, strong interpersonal skills, and commitment to the relationship. These skills can be learned, and they can be supported by others, through informal, psychoeducational, and therapeutic means.

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收养家庭和出生家庭之间的联系：明尼苏达德克萨斯州收养研究项目的观点。

越来越多的收养家庭与孩子的亲生亲属有联系。明尼苏达州/德克萨斯州收养研究项目正在纵向研究家庭婴儿收养中生母、养父母和收养儿童的联系安排变化的后果，并正在研究这些家庭系统内的关系动态。与没有联系的人相比，有联系的人对他们的安排更满意。对接触的满意度预测在被收养的青少年和新兴成年人中会有更好的调整。收养相关的交流预测了被收养的青少年和新兴成年人的身份发展。对接触安排更满意的出生母亲，无论接触程度如何，安置后 12-20 年未解决的悲伤较少。从事接触的收养和出生亲属需要灵活性、强大的人际交往能力和对关系的承诺。这些技能可以通过非正式的、心理教育和治疗手段来学习，也可以得到其他人的支持。