nts in the development of emotional maturity as (1) a recognition of unacknowledged losses, (2) overcoming a lack of groundedness in reality, (3) acquiring a sense of being loved, wanted, and or good enough, (4) overcoming a sense of invisibility, (5) unifying one's divided identity, (6) overcoming a perception of differentness, and (7) overcoming personal tension based in secrecy. Howe (1992, pp. 1-15) concluded that overcoming such problems requires the development of high levels of trust between adopted adolescent and their adoptive parents. Kirschner (1992, pp. 323-333) found that when problems associated with the development of emotional maturity are not overcome succ
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