Educational Achievement in Adopted Children from China

Dalen, Monica; Rygvold, Anne-Lise

doi:10.1300/j145v09n04_03

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“…Dalen and Rygvold reported that hyperactive behaviour was not more common in a study group of 77 adoptees from China than amongst non-adopted children [22]. Even if hyperactivity is not synonymous with ADHD, the findings illustrate that international adoptees are a heterogenous group and mental health outcomes may vary strongly between and within continents [23].…”

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confidence: 78%

ADHD in international adoptees: a national cohort study

Lindblad

Weitoft

Hjern

2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Several investigators have reported an increased frequency of attention/hyperactivity symptoms in international adoptees, though population-based studies are lacking. In this national cohort study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of ADHD medication in international adoptees in Sweden, in comparison to the general population. A further purpose was to study gender, age at adoption and region of origin as predictors of ADHD medication in international adoptees. The study population consisted of all Swedish residents born in 1985–2000 with Swedish-born parents, divided into 16,134 adoptees, and a comparison population of 1,326,090. ADHD medications were identified in the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register during 2006. Logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratios. The rates of ADHD medication were higher in international adoptees than in the comparison population for both boys (5.3 vs. 1.5% for 10–15-year olds) and girls (2.1 vs. 0.3% for 10–15-year olds). International adoptees from all regions of birth more often consumed ADHD medication compared with the majority population, but the age and sex adjusted odds ratios were particularly high for adoptees from Eastern Europe, Middle East/Africa and Latin America. Adjusting for maternal education and single parenthood increased the odds ratios even further. The risk also increased with higher age at adoption. Adoptees from Eastern Europe have a very high risk for ADHD medication. A structured identification and support programme should be tailored for this group. Adoptees from other regions have a more moderately increased risk, which should be communicated to adoptive parents and to professionals who care for adoptees in their clinical practice

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 78%

ADHD in international adoptees: a national cohort study

Lindblad

Weitoft

Hjern

2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…Significant differences were therefore expected in studies in which behavioral issues of adoptees were compared with those of controls. The results from previous comparative studies conducted in community samples mainly led to the conclusion that significant differences were found between adoptees and control participants with regard to behavioral adjustment (Dalen & Rygvold, 2006;Dhavale, Bhagat, & Thakkar, 2005;Hawk & McCall, 2010). A meta-analysis of 98 adoptee-control studies concluded that adoptees displayed higher average levels of both externalizing and internalizing behavior than controls (Juffer & van IJzendoorn, 2005).…”

Section: Adopted Adolescents Follow a Different Pathway To Behavioralmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, in comparison studies in which significant differences to the disadvantage of adoptees were found in behavioral adaptation, the effect sizes were low (Bimmel, Juffer, van Ijzendoorn, & BakermansKranenburg, 2003;Juffer & van IJzendoorn, 2005), suggesting first that variations in behavioral adjustment stay in the normal range (Dalen & Rygvold, 2006), and second that although adoptees display more behavior problems than their non-adopted counterparts, this concerns a minority of adoptees. The large majority function well, and much better than might be expected based on their background of deprivation (Juffer & van IJzendoorn, 2005).…”

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Is there a common pathway to maladjustment for internationally adopted and non-adopted adolescents?

Roskam¹,

Stiévenart²

2014

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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The main purpose of the research was to test whether cumulative effects represent a common pathway to behavioral maladjustment for internationally adopted adolescents and controls. The findings of previous comparison and follow-up studies have been contradictory. The hypothesis was tested in an original multi-informant study with 74 adolescents: 40 adoptees and 34 controls. The analyses of the data provided arguments in favor of the existence of a common pathway for adoptees and controls. The accumulation of risk factors in the current characteristics of the adolescents and their family was significantly associated with behavioral outcomes of both adoptees and controls. Implications for research, policy and practice are discussed. The main purpose of the research was to test whether cumulative effects represent a common pathway to behavioral maladjustment for internationally adopted adolescents and controls. The findings of previous comparison and follow-up studies have been contradictory. The hypothesis was tested in an original multi-informant study with 74 adolescents: 40 adoptees and 34 controls. The analyses of the data provided arguments in favor of the existence of a common pathway for adoptees and controls. The accumulation of risk factors in the current characteristics of the adolescents and their family was significantly associated with behavioral outcomes of both adoptees and controls. Implications for research, policy and practice are discussed.© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.The literature on adoption is vast and rich. One of the major lines of research is comparison studies in which adopted participants are compared with control participants. In this set of studies, the fact of being adopted is considered as a risk factor per se that can lead to significant developmental differences in favor of the control participants. Another major line of research is follow-up studies analyzing the influence of deprivation severity (e.g., age of adoption, pre-adoption abuse or neglect) and other key-risk factors (e.g., age of the biological mother, low birth weight, drug exposure) on behavioral outcomes in adoptees. Because adoption research has been more concerned with outcomes than processes (Palacios, Román, Moreno, & León, 2009), we found in these two sets of studies contradictory arguments with regard to the main question of the current research, i.e. is there a common pathway to behavioral maladjustment for internationally adopted and nonadopted adolescents? In particular, do cumulative effects constitute a common pathway for this issue? The cumulative effect hypothesis is tested here as a well-known pathway in developmental psychopathology (Cicchetti & Rogosch, 1996), by considering current adolescent and family factors, i.e. IQ, attachment and parenting, and their cumulative effect on behavioral maladjustment. After a presentation of the cumulative effect hypothesis, arguments in favor of a negative answer to the main question will be presented first before others supporting a positive a...

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“…More recent studies continue to provide an optimistic outlook with fewer negative long term effects for children adopted from better quality Korean and Chinese orphanages (Dalen, 2002;Tan, Marfo & Dedrick, 2007. For example, South Korean-born children have shown the most promising educational outcomes (Dalen, 2002;Dalen & Rygvold, 2006;van Ijzendoorn, Juffer & Poelhuis 2005); children adopted from China as infants and toddlers acquire their "second-first language" rapidly Tan & Yang, 2005); and measures of Chinese girls' behavioural adjustment prior to the age of five show "comparable or even slightly better behavioural adjustment" to their non-adopted U.S. peers (Tan et al, 2010, p. 312).…”

Section: Pre-adoption Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the lack of accurate and available information about pre-adoption factors and the diversity of early experiences is problematic and therefore often precluded from the research (Dalen & Rygvold, 2006). When information is available, however, care must be taken not to over-pathologise these children based on their previous experience.…”

Section: Pre-adoption Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the primary school experiences of intercountry adoptees : perspectives of adoptive parents and children

Sempowicz¹

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Educational Achievement in Adopted Children from China

Cited by 61 publications

References 41 publications

ADHD in international adoptees: a national cohort study

ADHD in international adoptees: a national cohort study

Is there a common pathway to maladjustment for internationally adopted and non-adopted adolescents?

Examining the primary school experiences of intercountry adoptees : perspectives of adoptive parents and children

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