Specific Extreme Behaviors of Postinstitutionalized Russian Adoptees

Behavior problems reported by parents on the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) were studied in 316 children adopted from social-emotionally depriving Russian institutions as a function of age at adoption (18-month cutoff), age at assessment (6-11 and 12-18 years), and gender....

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Published in:Developmental psychology 2011-05, Vol.47 (3), p.732-738
Main Authors: Hawk, Brandi N., McCall, Robert B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adopted Children
Adoption
Adoption - psychology
Age
Age Differences
Age Factors
Anti-social behaviour
Antisocial Behavior
Antisocial personality disorder
Behavior
Behavior Disorders
Behavior Problems
Behaviour disordered children
Behavioural disorders
Behavioural problems
Biological and medical sciences
Check Lists
Child
Child Behavior
Child Behavior - ethnology
Child Behavior - psychology
Child Behavior Checklist
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Child Development
Child, Institutionalized - psychology
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Developmental psychology
Discriminant analysis
Emotional Disturbances
Emotions
European Continental Ancestry Group
Factor Analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Foreign Countries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender Differences
Human
Humans
Infant
Institutional Release
Institutionalization
International Adoption
Interpersonal Competence
Male
Orphanages
Orphans
Personality Development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Residential Care
Russia
Russia - ethnology
Scores
United States
Withdrawal (Psychology)
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Summary:Behavior problems reported by parents on the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) were studied in 316 children adopted from social-emotionally depriving Russian institutions as a function of age at adoption (18-month cutoff), age at assessment (6-11 and 12-18 years), and gender. Children adopted after 18 months had higher problem scores predominately when assessed at 12-18 years. Although most children had no behavior problems, 59.0% of later adoptees assessed in adolescence had at least 1 subscale score and 48.7% had 2 or more subscale scores in the clinical/borderline range. A factor analysis of items that significantly related to age at adoption for older children revealed 1 broad factor, encompassing different antisocial behaviors, social difficulties, and withdrawal. These results may suggest a somewhat broader deficiency produced by orphanage experience beyond the first 18 months of life that underlies a range of behavioral problems displayed later.
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/a0021108