Mitigating effects of the home environment on inattention and overactivity in children adopted from Romanian orphanages: a longitudinal study
Year: 2008
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This longitudinal study examined the potential mitigating effects of the adoptive home environment on inattention and overactivity (I/O) in children adopted from Romanian orphanages.Three groups were studied: (l) Children who experienced at least 8 months of deprivation in an orphanage prior to being adopted to British Columbia (RO group), (2) Children adopted to British Columbia from Romanian orphanages prior to 4months-of-age (EA group), and (3) Canadian born non-adopted children (CB group).Comparisons of rates ofI/O among the 3 group revealed that at ages 4.5,10.5 and 16years RO children had more difficulties with I/O than either the EA or CB children.Within the post-institutionalized groups, I/O was related to duration of deprivation and this association was not found to significantly attenuate over time, indicating that duration of deprivation continued to have an influence on the children's I/O well into adolescence.Several aspects of the adoptive home environment (parenting practices, parent-child attachment, parent-child interaction styles and nurturance and stimulation) were found to significantly correlate with the children' I/O.Regression analyses indicated that parent-child attachment and parenting practices account for significant variance in I/O beyond that accounted for by duration of deprivation.vii Data Reduction 55 Gender differences in inattention/overactivity 56 Gender differences in Home Rearing Conditions 56 Group differences in Home Rearing Conditions 56 Main Results 57 Q1: Are rates of 1/0 higher in the RO than EA and CB groups and higher in the EA than CB group at Phases 2,3 and 4? 57 Q2: Does 1/0 continue to relate to duration of deprivation approximately 14 years post-adoption and has the relationship attenuated over time?59 Q3: Do positive aspects of the home rearing environment correlate inversely with I/O? 61 Q4: Do duration of deprivation and the adoptive home rearing environment make independent contributions to the prediction of 1/0 in children with early deprivation experience?63 Discussion 70
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Karyn Audet
Language: English
Topic: Child Welfare and Adoption
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W81992966