Wybrane aspekty dobrostanu psychicznego kandydatów na rodziców adopcyjnych realizujących procedurę adopcyjną na różnych jej etapach

Abstract

This article is a preview of a study of adoptive families in their development cycle at different stages of the adoption process. This procedure is multi-stage, and its positive ending often involves the ability to seek support and use its own resources to help with its labor. Adoption family is perceived as one whose inherent experience is loss. It seems therefore that the search for ways to keep the optimal level of mental balance of the spouses at all stages of the adoption process will be one of the foundations for creating a family with an adopted child. The results are a comparison of the subjects surveyed on selected aspects of mental wellbeing. The study involved 90 people – future adoptive parents – at two different stages of the adoption process. The results show that there are significant differences between the examined persons in terms of selected mental well-being components.