Correlates of Change in Postinstitutionalized Infants’ Sustained Social Withdrawal Behavior Following Adoption

Dollberg, Daphna; Keren, Miri

doi:10.1002/imhj.21411

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“…Unfortunately, not all instruments used in the studies could be coded as at least one of the eight constructs. Seven studies were excluded because they had outcomes that did not match the constructs (Bammens, Adkins, & Badger, 2015; Bernard, Lee, & Dozier, 2017; Dollberg & Keren, 2013; Dozier, Peloso, Lewis, Laurenceau, & Levine, 2008; Linares et al, 2015; Nelson & Spieker, 2013; Spieker, Oxford, & Fleming, 2014). Thus, 56 studies were eligible for data extraction (Figure 1).…”

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A meta-analytic review of parenting interventions in foster care and adoption

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Foster and adoptive parents often face challenges while taking care of children who, due to their adverse early life experiences, are at risk of developing insecure attachment relationships, behavior problems, and stress dysregulation. Several intervention programs have been developed to help foster and adoptive parents to overcome these challenges. In the current study, a series of eight meta-analyses were performed to examine the effectiveness of these intervention programs on four parent outcomes (sensitive parenting, k = 11, N = 684; dysfunctional discipline, k = 4, N = 239; parenting knowledge and attitudes, k = 7, N = 535; parenting stress, k = 18, N = 1,306), three child outcomes (attachment security, k = 6, N = 395; behavior problems, k = 33, N = 2,661; diurnal cortisol levels, k = 3, N = 261), and placement disruption (k = 7, N = 1,100). Results show positive effects for the four parent outcomes and child behavior problems, but not for attachment security, child diurnal cortisol levels, or placement disruption. Indirect effects on child outcomes may be delayed, and therefore long-term follow-up studies are needed to examine the effects of parenting interventions on children.

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A meta-analytic review of parenting interventions in foster care and adoption

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“…Although adoption in and of itself is an important intervention, its impact has been suggested to be dependent on many additional variables related to the postadoptive environment (Garvin et al, 2012). For example, use of JA in social interactions, 6‐months postadoption, have been linked with maternal depression and expectations (Dollberg & Keren, ). This study could have been enhanced through a consideration of additional environmental characteristics, including parent–child attachment status at the follow‐up visit and parental mental health status.…”

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Impact of Joint Attention on Social‐communication Skills in Internationally Adopted Children

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Johnson

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Infant Mental Health Journal

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Internationally adopted (IA) children have often experienced early adversity and are at risk for long-term deficiencies in multiple developmental domains. This study examined the association between IA children's joint attention (JA) soon after arrival and later cognitive, communicative, and socioemotional competency 6 months' postadoption. We expected a child's initial JA would positively predict later cognitive, communication, and social ability. IA children (n = 63) adopted from Eastern Europe were seen soon after their arrival into the United States to assess their JA. Their socioemotional competency, social communication, and cognitive abilities were measured at a follow-up session 6 months' postadoption. We found that higher order JA was positively associated with measures of social relatedness. Furthermore, individual hierarchical regressions of each measure of JA (higher order JA, initiating JA, responding to JA, and initiating behavior requests [BR]) considered with age-at-adoption showed that each measure was an independent and positive predictor of Mullen outcomes in the receptive and expressive language domains. These results suggest that JA may be a sensitive predictor of subsequent functioning in the social, communicative, and cognitive domains. Thus, assessing JA soon after arrival has the potential to identify at-risk IA children, and interventions targeting JA may support those children in overcoming the negative impacts of early adversity.

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