As a transracial Korean
adoptee, Robyn's personal participation in post-adoption services including teen groups, mentor & mentee programs, living abroad in Korea, navigating birth family search & reunion experiences, and DNA testing have all deeply influenced and informed much of her professional
perspectives.
This further supports the theory that nonshared environment is important: adoptive family environments are typically nurturing and supportive, which gives no reason (according to the shared environment
perspective) for an
adoptee to develop an illness such
as antisocial personality disorder.