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Similarities and Differences Between Internationally Adopted and Nonadopted Children in Their Toddler Years: Outcomes From a Longitudinal Study
Ist Teil von
American journal of orthopsychiatry, 2014-07, Vol.84 (4), p.397-408
Ort / Verlag
Malden, MA: Educational Publishing Foundation
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
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MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In this study, we compare internationally adopted children's communication, gross motor development, temperament, and challenging behavior with the same characteristics in nonadopted children at age 24 and 36 months. At 24 months, adopted children lag behind in communication and in gross motor development. The adopted children are less active and show less physically challenging behavior. At age 36 months, most of these differences have diminished, but the adopted children still lag behind in communication. This is an important finding because communication skills in the toddler years are a crucial factor in children's attachment, social development, and later language and cognitive development. Looking at the overall outcomes during early toddler years, internationally adopted children are developing very well considering the preadoption adversity to which many of them have been exposed.