Outcomes of Children Adopted from Eastern Europe

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Laurie; Chan, Wilma; Tirella, Linda; Perrin, Ellen
Titel	Outcomes of Children Adopted from Eastern Europe
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 33 (2009) 4, S.289-298 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025408098026
Schlagwörter	Learning Disabilities; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Intelligence Quotient; At Risk Persons; Foreign Countries; Adoption; Child Development; Child Behavior; Behavior Problems; Cognitive Development; Children; Academic Achievement; Child Rearing; Stress Variables; Mental Disorders; Correlation; Body Composition; Age Differences; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Intelligenzquotient; Risikogruppe; Ausland; Kindesentwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Schulleistung; Kindererziehung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Europa
Abstract	Behavioral problems are frequent among post-institutionalized Eastern European adoptees. However, risk factors related to outcomes have not been fully delineated. We evaluated 50 Eastern European adoptees, age 8-10 years, with their adoptive families for more than five years. Cognitive and behavioral outcomes and parenting stress were evaluated in relation to pre-adoptive risk factors, including arrival age, growth, and facial phenotype related to prenatal alcohol exposure. At follow-up, IQ and achievement scores were greater than or equal average in most children (greater than or equal to 74%). Behavioral and school problems were common (externalizing 44%, internalizing 18%, behavioral symptoms 50%, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 46%, learning disabilities 40%, mental health disorders 28%); 38% had multiple problems. Behavioral problems correlated inversely with IQ. Parent stress was high and correlated with child externalizing behaviors and inversely to child full scale IQ. Children with "severe behavioral disturbances" (24%) were more likely to have had smaller head circumferences at arrival. Child's age at adoption related inversely to parent stress, possibly due to the longer duration of time that children resided with their families. "High/intermediate risk" phenotypic facial scores for prenatal alcohol exposure (58%) correlated with head circumference z scores at arrival and follow-up. Otherwise, arrival age, growth, and facial phenotype did not correlate with these specific outcome measures. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10