1. Emerging Adulthood and Adoption: Adoptive Identity, Career Achievement, and Psychological Functioning Yesel Yoon and Harold Grotevant University of Massachusetts Amherst SSEA 7 th Biennial Conference, October 2015

2. Acknowledgements Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project

4. AdoptionCareer

5. Career Exploration Career Establishment Career Adaptability “Readiness to cope with changing work and work conditions” Planning, exploration, and decision-making Career development across the life span

6. Psychological well being

7. Preoccupation with adoption Psychological well- being Career satisfaction and match Career planning and exploration Emerging adulthood Psychosocial functioning

8. 169 emerging adults, 147 adoptive mothers Mean age 25 years Wave 3 (2005-2008) 112 adult adoptees (95*) Mean age 31 years Wave 4 (2012-2014)

9. Preoccupation with adoption Psychological well- being Career satisfaction and match Career planning and exploration Emerging adulthood Psychosocial functioning

10. Less of a match between career goals and current job Less autonomy, positive relations with others, self- acceptance, and environmental mastery

11. Better match between career goals and current job Sense of purpose

12. Preoccupation with adoption Psychological well- being Career satisfaction and match Career planning and exploration Emerging adulthood Psychosocial functioning

13. More negativity and instability Less environmental mastery, personal growth, autonomy, positive relations with others, and self- acceptance No relation to career satisfaction or match

14. Preoccupation with adoption Psychological well- being Career satisfaction and match Career planning and exploration Emerging adulthood Psychosocial functioning

15. Greater negativity and instability, less experimentation or possibilities Less of a match between career goals and current job Less environmental mastery or sense of purpose

17. Questions? yesel@psych.umass.edu