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Issues underlying behaviour problems in at-risk adopted children
- Authors:
- SMITH Susan Livingston, HOWARD Jeanne A., MONROE Alan D.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 22(7), July 2000, pp.539-562.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Discusses the literature, and then reports on an analysis of assessment data on adopted children. More than half of the sample of 292 adopted children exhibited externalisation behaviours characteristic of conduct disorders: lying and manipulation, defiance, verbal aggression, violation of family norms, peer problems, tantrums, physical aggression, and destruction of property. The literature view is that these children are acting out anti-socially in response to a number of internal negative feelings such as anger, powerlessness, low self-esteem, fear, and anxiety.
Holding together
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.3.97, 1997, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many adoptive families are struggling to bring up children with serious attachment disorders. Explains how families are affected by the problem, and what some organisations are doing to help.
Emotional and behavioural responses of children placed for adoption - what should medical advisers know?
- Authors:
- HOBDAY Angela, LEE Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 18(2), Summer 1994, pp.27-30.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Increasingly medical advisers to adoption panels are being expected to take a holistic approach when conducting medicals, rather than simply giving a description of the child's physical health. Advisers may also provide an important resource to adoptive parents who are seeking to understand the behaviour of their child. Considers some of the recurrent issues arising in clinical work with adopted children.
Anti social behavior in adoptees: patterns and dynamics
- Authors:
- KIRSCHNER David, NAGEL Linda S.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 5(4), Winter 1988, pp.300-314.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Argues that there is an Adopted Child Syndrome due to the children's inability to come to terms with their situation.
Conduct problems in adopted and non-adopted adolescents and adoption satisfaction as a protective factor
- Authors:
- NILSSON Renea, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 14(3), July 2011, pp.181-198.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
Conduct disorder affects a significant proportion of adolescents in the United States. The aim of this study was to compare the level of conduct problems of adopted adolescents with their non-adopted peers. The study examines data from the Colorado Adoption Project, an ongoing longitudinal study of adopted participants placed in infancy, and their adoptive parents and siblings, and a matched set of children in non-adoptive families. This study uses a sample of 202 adopted and 215 control participants with data collected at age 16 to 19 years, the majority at age 17. The findings showed that there were no significant differences between adopted and matched control participants on all measures of conduct problems. Higher levels of adolescent and parent adoption satisfaction were associated with lower levels of conduct problems. Although the gender by adoption status interaction was not statistically significant, there was a trend. Female adopted participants had higher levels of conduct problems than female non-adopted participants, whereas male adopted and non-adopted participants had similar levels of conduct problems.
A preliminary investigation of the effectiveness of attachment therapy for adopted children with reactive attachment disorder
- Authors:
- WIMMER Jane S., VONK Elizabeth, BORDNICK Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 26(4), August 2009, pp.351-360.
- Publisher:
- Springer
A pretest–posttest one-group design was used with a sample of 24 adopted children who received attachment therapy in order to examine its effectiveness. RAD was measured with the Randolph Attachment Disorder Questionnaire (RADQ), Third Edition; functional impairment was measured with the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS). Statistically significant decreases in scores on the RADQ and CAFAS from pretests to posttests indicate improvement for the children who received therapy. It is concluded that in spite of methodological limitations, the current study adds to the limited knowledge about effective treatment for RAD.
Psychiatric disorders among adopted children: a review and commentary
- Author:
- INGERSOLL Barbara D.
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 1(1), 1997, pp.57-73.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
Research indicates that adopted children are disproportionately represented in child psychiatric populations. A review of the literature supports the view that adopted children are particularly prone to externalising disorders and that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to the manifestation of these disorders. Parents and professionals are urged to avoid attributing psychiatric problems of adoptees solely to a single factor and to provide early intervention for children at risk. Looks in some detail at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Breaking point
- Author:
- ROPER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.8.94, 1994, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the stresses caused by 'Reactive Attachment Disorder', and how the Parent to Parent Information on Adoption Services and the Post Adoption Centre are co-operating to develop a post-attachment service.
Basic trust: an attachment-oriented intervention based on mind-mindedness in adoptive families
- Authors:
- COLONNESI Cristina, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 23(2), 2013, pp.179-188.
- Publisher:
- Sage
A new attachment-oriented intervention aimed at improving parental mind-mindedness, promoting positive parent–child relationships, and reducing child psychopathology in families with adopted children was evaluated. The sample consisted of 20 families with adopted children (2–5 years of age). After the pretest, the intervention was conducted, followed by a posttest, 6 months later. Positive medium-to-large changes between pretest and posttest were found in children’s insecure attachments to their mothers, disorganized attachments to both their parents and conduct problems. Finally, mothers who had spent more time with their adopted children perceived less peer problems in their children after the intervention. Basic Trust is a promising intervention for improving parent–child relationships in adoptive families and decreasing attachment and conduct problems. (Edited publisher abstract)
Adolescent callous–unemotional traits and conduct disorder in adoptees exposed to severe early deprivation
- Authors:
- KUMSTA Robert, SONUGA-BARKE Edmund, RUTTER Michael
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 200(3), March 2012, pp.197-201.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Although the association between psychopathy and antisocial behaviour is well characterised, the nature of this association remains unclear. This study examined whether callous–unemotional traits and conduct disorder can be dissociated in the English and Romanian Adoptee Study, a prospective longitudinal study of adopted individuals with a history of severe early institutional deprivation. The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment was used to establish DSM-IV diagnoses for conduct disorder (and also oppositional defiant disorder) at the 15-year follow-up stage (n=135). The Inventory of Callous–Unemotional Traits questionnaire was administered to assess psychopathy traits. There was no significant association between callous–unemotional traits and conduct disorder, according to both parent and youth self-report after controlling for confounders. The authors conclude that the majority of individuals with high callous–unemotional traits did not show conduct disorder in this special sample of children. They believe that this supports the view that, while common, an overlap between these aspects of psychopathology is not inevitable and so provides evidence for the dissociation of these two concepts. In terms of classification, they argue for a diagnostic scheme where psychopathy can be diagnosed independently of conduct disorder.