Internationally adopted (IA) children are at increased risk for health-related, developmental,
and behavioral difficulties. This article reviews the literature on various interventions …

Background: Experience in institutional/orphanage care has been linked to increased
mental health problems. Research suggests that children adopted from institutions …

OBJECTIVE: Children exposed to early institutional rearing are at risk for developing
psychopathology. The present investigation examines caregiving quality and the role of …

This edited book consists of 12 chapters on adoption research. Chapter 1 provides an
overview of contemporary adoption practice in the United States, highlighting the changes …

While effects of institutional care on behavioral development have been studied extensively,
effects on neural systems underlying these socioemotional and attention deficits are only …

Purpose The sharp increase in the number of international adoptions in the United States
has prompted a heightened interest in the language development of internationally adopted …

A study was conducted on 72 families with 80 children adopted from Romania. The average
age at adoption was 2 years, 10 months, and at time of study 8 years. Adoptive parents …

Longitudinal data on 177 school‐age adopted Chinese girls (Time 1: mean age= 8.92 years,
SD= 1.76; Time 2: mean age= 11.18 years, SD= 1.79) were analyzed to determine their long …

In this chapter, the limited available evidence is reviewed in relation to four key questions.
First, it is necessary to address the question of whether or not any adverse psychological …

This article summarizes the research on socio-emotional deficits in postinstitutionalized
children. Institutional rearing is associated with early social deprivation, including lack of …