Children in Adoptive Families: Overview and Update

Autor/inn/en	Nickman, Steven L.; Rosenfeld, Alvin A.; Fine, Paul; MacIntyre, James C.; Pilowsky, Daniel J.; Howe, Ruth-Arlene; Derdeyn, Andre; Gonzales, Mayu Bonoan; Forsythe, Linda; Sveda, Sally A.
Titel	Children in Adoptive Families: Overview and Update
Quelle	In: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 44 (2005) 10, S.987-995 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-8567
DOI	10.1097/01.chi.0000174463.60987.69
Schlagwörter	Placement; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Psychopathology; Developmental Delays; Adoption; Psychotherapy; Research; Literature Reviews; Child Development; Identification; Intervention; Counseling; Parents; Children; Family Counseling; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Psychopathologie; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Psychotherapie; Forschung; Kindesentwicklung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Counselling; Beratung; Eltern; Child; Kind; Kinder; Family counselling; Familienberatung; USA
Abstract	Objective: To summarize the past 10 years of published research concerning the 2% of American children younger than 18 years old who are adoptees. Method: Review recent literature on developmental influences, placement outcome, psychopathology, and treatment. Results: Adoption carries developmental opportunities and risks. Many adoptees have remarkably good outcomes, but some subgroups have difficulties. Traditional infant, international, and transracial adoptions may complicate adoptees' identity formation. Those placed after infancy may have developmental delays, attachment disturbances, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Useful interventions include preventive counseling to foster attachment, postadoption supports, focused groups for parents and adoptees, and psychotherapy. Conclusions: Variables specific to adoption affect an adopted child's developmental trajectory. Externalizing, internalizing, attachment, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms may arise. Child and adolescent psychiatrists can assist both adoptive parents and children. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10