Age at Adoption: A Measure of Time in the Orphanage or Child-Specific Factors?
Age at Adoption: A Measure of Time in the Orphanage or Child-Specific Factors?
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DOI：
10.1080/10926755.2012.661331
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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0.8
通讯作者：
Nikiforova, Natalia
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作者：
Hawk, Brandi;McCall, Robert;Nikiforova, Natalia
This study examined the association between pre-adoption variables (e.g., time in orphanage, birth weight) and age at adoption in a sample of 169 children, aged 0-4 years, adopted from orphanages in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Time in orphanage was the best predictor of age at adoption. Later adoptees were also more likely to have spent time in a family prior to the orphanage and to have experienced abuse/neglect than earlier adoptees. These results suggest that age at adoption is most strongly related to time in the orphanage; however, family experience, especially abuse/neglect, should also be evaluated in post-institutionalized (PI) children.
