Institutionalization, Romanian Adoptions and Executive Functioning

摘要: The impact of a traumatic environment during early childhood is linked to short-term and long-term difficulties in adoptees. This study, utilizing non-random, cross-sectional analysis 123 children adopted from Romania, focused on executive cognitive functioning. One-third the sample had not been institutionalized while other two-thirds for varying lengths time 1 month more than 3 years, resulting “natural experiment” that allowed us compare these two groups. Information parents teachers was obtained regarding their perception child’s Results indicate that, after many years adoptive families, 40% adoptees physical challenges 36% were at least some special education classes. best predictor parental current functioning parent parent–child relationship preadoptive history.