Research has identified family dynamics within adoptive families as essential to understanding adopted individuals' adjustment. However, there has been a lack of attention to the intricacies of adoptive family context, especially dyadically and as a group. This study examines data from 177 adoptive families from the Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project, a longitudinal study of families who participated in domestic U.S. infant adoptions. Study participants are from the second and third collection waves, during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Participants completed interviews and questionnaires at home (Wave 2) or online (Wave 3). The present study examines family context in relation to parent-child incompatibility (match between parent expectations and child's behavior from the Parenting Stress Inventory) and how family context during adolescence (Family Assessment Device, Family Inventory of Life Events, Brief Symptom Inventory) is associated with concurrent and later adjustment (Youth and Adult Self Reports). Family context variables were hypothesized to predict parents' and their spouses' ratings of incompatibility using actor-partner interdependence models. Varied actor and partner effects of family dysfunction, parent distress, and family stressors on ratings of parent-child incompatibility were found. Using regressions, family context variables were hypothesized to have positive associations with adolescent and adult adjustment. Variables accounted for significant variance in adopted individuals' outcomes when considering symptom type (internalizing, externalizing) and age (adolescence, emerging adulthood), though many variables did not have a significant main effect. Results allow for better understanding of differential associations of family context with adjustment for adopted individuals and families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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青少年和成人调整的收养家庭环境：二元和系统方法。

研究表明，收养家庭中的家庭动态对于了解被收养者的适应情况至关重要。然而，人们对收养家庭背景的复杂性缺乏关注，尤其是对于夫妻家庭和作为一个群体而言。本研究调查了来自明尼苏达州/德克萨斯州收养研究项目的 177 个收养家庭的数据，该项目是一项针对参与美国国内婴儿收养的家庭的纵向研究。研究参与者来自第二次和第三次收集浪潮，处于青春期和成年初期。参与者在家（第二波）或在线（第三波）完成访谈和问卷调查。本研究探讨了家庭环境与亲子不相容（父母期望与育儿压力量表中孩子行为的匹配）以及青春期家庭环境（家庭评估设备、家庭生活事件量表、简短症状量表）之间的关系。同时进行后续调整（青少年和成人自我报告）。假设家庭背景变量使用演员-伴侣相互依赖模型来预测父母及其配偶的不兼容性评级。研究发现，家庭功能障碍、父母痛苦和家庭压力源对亲子不相容的评级有不同的演员和伴侣影响。通过回归，假设家庭背景变量与青少年和成人的适应呈正相关。在考虑症状类型（内化、外化）和年龄（青春期、成年初期）时，变量对被收养个体的结果产生显着差异，尽管许多变量没有显着的主效应。结果可以更好地理解家庭背景与收养个人和家庭的调整之间的差异关联。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。