The intelligence of Korean children adopted in Belgium

Frydman, Marcel; Lynn, Richard

doi:10.1016/0191-8869(89)90246-8

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“…The intelligence of adopted children was above average, and 31 % of the Korean children were classified as superior. This finding is in agreement with studies by Frydman and Lynn (1989), who also found relatively high IQ scores for children adopted from Korea, and Kim (1995) and Andresen (1992), who reported favorable adjustment for Korean adoptees. The adoptive children's above-average intelligence and favorable school adjustment in the present study suggest that adoptive parents offer their children sufficient or even more than average cognitive stimulation and encouragement.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

The Development and Adjustment of 7-year-old Children Adopted in Infancy

Stams

Juffer

Rispens

et al. 2000

J. Child Psychol. Psychiat.

120

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The present study (N l 159) provides evidence of an increased risk for behavior problems of infant-placed 7-year-old internationally, transracially adopted children in the Netherlands. However, parents reported more behavior problems for adopted boys than for adopted girls. Notably, about 30 % of the adopted children were classified as clinical on the CBCL scale for total problems, which is a much larger percentage than the 10 % found in the normative population. It was suggested that these results could be explained by the operation of multiple risk factors before and after adoption placement, e.g. the child's genetic disposition, pre-natal and pre-adoption care, or the child's cognitive understanding of adoption in middle childhood. Also, results suggest that maternal sensitive responsiveness in adoptive families declines in the transition from early to middle childhood. In contrast to the home setting, the adopted children showed favorable behavioral and socioemotional adjustment at school, while their academic achievement and intelligence were in the normal range or above average. In particular Korean children had high IQs : 31 % of these children obtained an intelligence score above 120. It was suggested that adoptive parents seem to offer their children sufficient or even more than average cognitive stimulation. Furthermore, adopted girls scored higher in optimal ego-control, social competence, and peer group popularity than nonadopted girls from the general population : 30 % of the adopted girls were rated as popular by their classmates, which compares favorably to the 13 % found in the general school population.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

The Development and Adjustment of 7-year-old Children Adopted in Infancy

Stams

Juffer

Rispens

et al. 2000

J. Child Psychol. Psychiat.

120

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“…This may partly be due to the quality of pre-adoption conditions, adoption procedures, and selection of children for adoption in the donor countries. The literature clearly documents that children adopted from South Korea have the best educational 46 ADOPTION QUARTERLY performance (Dalen, 2001;Dalen & Rygvold, 1999;Frydman & Lynn, 1989;Kim, 1995;Kim & Staat, 2004;Kim, Shin, & Carey, 1999;Kvifte-Andresen, 1992;Lindblad et al, 2003;van IJzendoorn et al, 2005). The lack of information from the children's countries of origin makes it difficult to explain the differences in detail.…”

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confidence: 99%

Educational Achievement in Adopted Children from China

Dalen

Rygvold

2006

Adoption Quarterly

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A sample of 77 adopted children from China and a matched sample of 77 Norwegian-born children were tested for educational achievement. The results did not show any significant differences between the two groups either in educational performance or in any other related areas. The findings are in contrast to other studies showing that international adoptees as a group have lower performance than non-adoptees. The study did show a greater disparity within the adopted group's performance compared to the Norwegian-born group. Similar results have been found in other studies in this field. Adopted children's academic language skills and the level of hyperactive behavior explained most of the disparity in their educational performance. Age of adoption did not have an effect on adopted children's educational performance, their language skills or problem behavior.

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“…Interestingly, Korean adoptees seem to display better language skills and school performances than inter-country adoptees from other donor countries (Frydman & Lynn, 1989 ;Verhulst et al 1990Verhulst et al , 1992Kvifte-Andresen, 1992 ;Dalen, 2001). The outcome of South Korean adoptees rather reflects the impact of factors related to the adoption in itself, such as repeated separations and change of culture and language while the outcome of adoptees from other countries to a higher degree also reflect factors such as genetic vulnerability and perinatal adversities.…”

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confidence: 99%