COLORADO ADOPTION PROJECT--ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH

关于个体差异的病因还知之甚少。 适应青春期早期的典型压力。这个 拟议研究的目的是扩展纵向 科罗拉多州领养项目(CAP)从1975年开始，一直持续到 青春期。在斯宾塞基金会的资助下 基础，185，84和34的调整通过和 未领养的儿童将通过电话和 分别在9岁、10岁和11岁时进行问卷调查。在建议的 研究，领养和非领养儿童的测试总数 9、10和11将增加到576、495和441， 分别进行了分析。此外，还将对电池进行测试 我们实验室的孩子在12岁时才能 验证电话测试结果，管理WISC-R智商 测试，并完成青春期早期测试系列。 重要的是，这些被收养和未被收养的儿童 以前在1岁、2岁、3岁和4岁时在家里学习，在 实验室在7岁时使用一套广泛的 心理和环境评估；此外， 被领养人的亲生父母和养父母以及 匹配的未领养儿童参加了WAIS-R智商测试和 已经完成了3小时的心理测试。 因为它独特的前瞻性、纵向设计 收养研究，其样本的大小和代表性，其 显示没有选择性安置，以及其低比率 磨耗，CAP已成为遗传研究的里程碑 以及个体差异的环境根源。为了这些 原因，而且因为这样的研究不能再次进行 鉴于可供选择的新生儿数量急剧下降 领养，当务之急是利用这个机会 进行调整的第一次前瞻性采用研究 青春期早期。

Little is known about the etiology of individual differences in adjustment to the typical stresses of early adolescence. The purpose of the proposed research is to extend the longitudinal Colorado Adoption Project (CAP), initiated in 1975, into early adolescence. With the support of a grant from the Spencer Foundation, the adjustment of 185, 84, and 34 adopted and nonadopted children will have been assessed via telephone and questionnaire at 9, 10, and 11 years, respectively. In the proposed study, the total number of adopted and nonadopted children tested at 9, 10, and 11 will be increased to 576, 495, and 441, respectively. In addition, to test battery will be administered in our laboratory when the children are 12 years of age in order to validate the telephone test results, to administer the WISC-R IQ test, and to complete the test series for early adolescence. Importantly, these adopted and nonadopted children have been studied previously in their homes at 1, 2, 3, and 4 and in the laboratory at 7 years of age using an extensive set of psychological and environmental assessments; in addition, the biological and adoptive parents of the adoptees and parents of the matched nonadopted children have taken the WAIS-R IQ test and have completed a 3-hour battery of psychological measures. Because of the unique prospective, longitudinal design of this adoption study, the size and representativeness of its sample, its demonstrated absence of selective placement, and its low rate of attrition, the CAP has become a landmark study of the genetic and environmental origins of individual differences. For these reasons, and because such a study could not be conducted again given the drastic decline in the numbers of newborns available for adoption, it is imperative to capitalize on this opportunity to conduct the first prospective adoption study of adjustment during early adolescence.