| H1: | Adopted children will have more adjustment problems than nonadopted children. |
| H2: | Adoption status is not associated with a family’s FCP. |
| H3: | FCP is associated with child adjustment. |
| H3a: | Consensual families will experience the fewest, Laissez-Faire families the most, and Protective and Pluralistic families a moderate level of child adjustment problems. |
| H4: | Adoption status and FCP interact to influence child adjustment. |
| H4a: | FCPs that favor conversation orientation (Consensual and Pluralistic) will have similar levels of adjustment problems across adoptive and nonadoptive families. |
| H4b: | FCPs that favor control over conversation (Protective) or use neither orientation (Laissez-Faire) will show more child adjustment problems in adoptive families relative to nonadoptive families. |
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