COLORADO ADOPTION PROJECT--ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH

关于个体差异的病因学知之甚少， 适应青春期早期典型的压力。 的 该研究的目的是扩大纵向 科罗拉多收养项目（CAP），于1975年启动，进入早期 青春期 在斯宾塞基金会的资助下 基金会，调整185，84和34通过， 非收养儿童将通过电话进行评估， 分别在第9、10和11年进行问卷调查。 拟议 研究中，接受测试的被收养和未被收养的儿童总数 在9、10和11处将增加到576、495和441， 分别 此外，为了测试电池，将在 我们的实验室在孩子们12岁的时候， 验证电话测试结果，以管理WISC-R IQ 测试，并完成青春期早期的测试系列。 重要的是，这些被收养和未被收养的儿童 研究以前在他们的家中在1，2，3，4和在 实验室在7岁时使用一套广泛的 心理和环境评估;此外， 被收养人的亲生父母和养父母， 配对的未被收养的儿童参加了WAIS-R智商测试， 已经完成了三小时的心理测试 由于独特的前瞻性，纵向设计， 采用研究，其样本的大小和代表性， 显示缺乏选择性安置， 由于细胞间的摩擦，CAP已成为遗传学研究的里程碑。 以及个体差异的环境根源。 为这些 原因，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， 采用后，必须利用这个机会， 进行第一次前瞻性的适应性研究， 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.