Attachment Behavior of Children Adopted Internationally at Six Months Post Adoption

Niemann, Sandra; Weiss, Sandra J.

doi:10.1080/10926755.2011.628262

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“…Evidence from the included articles, combined with knowledge of the Scandinavian model of preventive care, highlights many opportunities. First steps include norming the latest versions of the ASQ and ASQ:SE and then evaluating their impact in home‐visit, primary care medical, and early learning/preschool settings.…”

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Comparative use of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires in the USA and Scandinavia: a systematic review

Marks

Sjö

Wilson

2018

Develop Med Child Neuro

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Aim The aim of this systematic review was to investigate screening practices with the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) and the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social‐Emotional (ASQ:SE) in the USA and Scandinavia and to identify practical lessons and research opportunities. Method The review was performed for ASQ‐ and ASQ:SE‐related studies in children from birth to 5 years. From nine databases and 1689 references (published from 1988–2018), 127 articles were included and categorized using Covidence online software. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Checklists were used before data synthesis. Results US studies primarily use the ASQ/ASQ:SE to detect delays in general and at‐risk populations in medical settings, which increases early detection, clinician‐referral, and intervention rates. Scandinavian studies commonly use the ASQ/ASQ:SE to monitor developmental–behavioural differences in intervention/exposure‐based cohorts. Pre‐visit screening yields completion/return rates of 83% to more than 90% and fosters same‐day interpretation. When referrals are indicated, systemwide care coordination or colocation with a developmental–behavioural specialist is beneficial. Interpretation Practical implementation lessons are reviewed. Research opportunities include investigating and measuring the ASQ/ASQ:SE's ‘overall’ sections. Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish translations are available but up‐to‐date norming and validation studies are needed throughout Scandinavia. Randomized controlled trials are needed to investigate outcomes in screened versus unscreened cohorts. What this paper adds General and at‐risk populations broadly benefited from periodic Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) and/or Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social‐Emotional (ASQ:SE) screening. Pre‐visit ASQ and/or ASQ:SE screenining implementation systems work best. The ASQ and ASQ:SE ‘overall’ sections are not quantifiable and under‐researched.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Comparative use of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires in the USA and Scandinavia: a systematic review

Marks

Sjö

Wilson

2018

Develop Med Child Neuro

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“…This is expected because prior to achieving a complete catch-up, IA children tend to be more susceptible than their nonadopted age peers to difficulties with emotional regulation, social interactions, and problem solving (Jacobs, Miller & Tirella, 2010). Existing studies conducted in Europe and North America have concluded that IA children’s delays around the time of adoption increased their risk for poorer outcomes across multiple domains in early and middle childhood, including poorer parent–child relationship quality (Croft, O’Connor, Keaveney, Groothues, & Rutter, 2001; Dalen & Theie, 2014; Judge, 2003b, 2004; Niemann & Weiss, 2011; van Londen et al, 2007), poorer academic performance (Harwood, Feng, & Yu, 2013; Tan, 2009), and behavioral maladjustment (Cohen et al, 2008; Dalen & Theie, 2014; Palacios et al, 2011; Rutter & the ERA Study Team, 1998; Tan & Camras, 2011; Tan, Marfo, & Dedrick, 2007, 2010).…”

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Developmental delays at arrival and postmenarcheal Chinese adolescents’ adjustment.

Tan¹,

Rice²,

Mahoney³

2015

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Internationally adopted (IA) children often have delays at adoption and undergo massive catch-up after adoption. Before achieving developmental catch-up, however, delays at adoption present a risk for IA children's adjustment, but it remains unknown whether such delays foreshadow IA children's outcomes after catch-up development has completed or ceased. In the current analysis, we utilized menarche as a practical marker to indicate the cessation of developmental catch-up. We investigated how delays at arrival predicted long-term outcomes in 132 postmenarcheal teens (M = 14.2 years, SD = 1.7) who were adopted from China at 16.6 months (SD = 17.1). In 2005, adoptive parents provided data of medical evaluation results on their children's delay status in gross motor skills, fine motor skills, social development, emotional development, and cognitive development. Six years later in 2011, data on parent-child relationship quality were collected from parents, and data on the adoptees' academic competence and internalizing problems were also collected from both parents and adoptees. We found that gross motor delay at arrival predicted academic performance (parent-report: b = -.34, p < .01) and internalizing problems (self-report: b = .26, p < .05; parent-report: b = .33, p < .01). Other delays were not significant in predicting any of the outcomes. The impact of early nutritional deprivation on gross motor development was discussed.

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Reassessing the validity of the attachment Q‐sort: An updated meta‐analysis

Cadman

Diamond

Fearon

2017

Infant and Child Development

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A 2004 meta‐analysis reported good validity for the observer attachment Q‐sort (AQS), but poor validity for the parental self‐report version. Despite this, the self‐report AQS is still widely used, with researchers arguing that providing additional training can improve its validity. The aim of this study was to update the 2004 meta‐analysis. Two hundred forty‐five studies from 1987 to 2016 were included (n = 32,426). Separate meta‐analyses were conducted to examine validity and reliability. The observer AQS showed moderate convergent validity with the Strange Situation Procedure (r = .25; r = .39 for long observation periods) and good predictive validity in terms of associations with sensitivity (r = .32). It showed a relatively weak association with infant temperament (r = .21), suggesting some discriminant validity. The self‐report version showed comparable convergent validity with Strange Situation Procedure (r = .18), but significantly weaker correlations with sensitivity (r = .25) and stronger correlations with temperament (r = .33). There was no evidence that providing additional training improved the validity of the self‐report version. This study corroborates the previous finding that the observer AQS is a valid measure of infant attachment, especially after long periods of observation. The self‐report version showed significantly weaker discriminant and predictive validity. Highlights The aim of the study was to update the 2004 meta‐analysis assessing the validity of the attachment Q‐Sort (AQS). This study broadly replicated the findings of the previous meta-analysis, showing that the observer AQS is a valid measure of attachment. Caution should be shown in using the self-report AQS due to its comparatively weaker predictive and discriminate validity.

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Attachment Behavior of Children Adopted Internationally at Six Months Post Adoption

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

Comparative use of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires in the USA and Scandinavia: a systematic review

Comparative use of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires in the USA and Scandinavia: a systematic review

Developmental delays at arrival and postmenarcheal Chinese adolescents’ adjustment.

Reassessing the validity of the attachment Q‐sort: An updated meta‐analysis

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