Differential Plasticity in the Recovery of Adopted Children After Early Adversity

Palacios, Jesús; Román, Maite; Moreno, Carmen; León, Esperanza; Peñarrubia, María-Gracia

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“…maternal drug/alcohol misuse, stress, poor prenatal care, birth complications) and/or postnatal adversity (e.g. abuse, neglect, instability) which may occur at crucial stages in development [2,3] and place them at a higher risk for enduring developmental problems [4]. Studies investigating the mental health of, primarily, US adoptees, demonstrate that adopted children are at a greater risk for emotional and behavioral problems than non-adopted children, and that there is an overrepresentation of adoptees in mental health settings [5][6][7].…”

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Early adversity predicts adoptees’ enduring emotional and behavioral problems in childhood

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Fahey

Anthony

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Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Children adopted from the public care system are likely to experience a cluster of interrelated risk factors that may place them on a trajectory of mental health problems that persist across the life course. However, the specific effects of putative risk factors on children's mental health post-placement are not well understood. We conducted a prospective, longitudinal study of children placed for adoption between 2014 and 2015 (N = 96). Adoptive parents completed questionnaires at approximately 5, 21, 36, and 48 months post-placement. We used time series analysis to examine the impact of pre-adoptive risk factors [adverse childhood experiences [ACEs], number of moves, days with birth parents and in care] on children's internalizing and externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior over 4 years post-placement. Adoptees' internalizing and externalizing problems remained consistently high over the 4-year study period, but more ACEs predicted increases in internalizing and externalizing problems. Contrary to expectations, more pre-placement moves and time in care predicted fewer problems over time, but exploratory analyses of interactive effects revealed this was only the case in rare circumstances. We identify pre-and post-removal factors that may incur benefits or have a deleterious impact on adoptees' outcomes in post-adoptive family life. Our findings provide knowledge for front-line professionals in the support of adoptive families and underscore the vital need for effective early intervention.

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Early adversity predicts adoptees’ enduring emotional and behavioral problems in childhood

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Fahey

Anthony

et al. 2020

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…The establishment of a secure attachment to the adoptive parents can mitigate the impact of early adversity experiences on these adolescents (Barcons et al, 2012;Bernedo, Fuentes, Fernández-Molina, & Bersabé, 2007;Feeney et al, 2007; van den Dries et al, 2009;Whitten & Weaver, 2010). Thus, adoption can function as a successful intervention (van IJzendoorn & Juffer, 2006) by providing children, who could not grow up with their birth parents, with the opportunity of developing a secure attachment relationship with their adoptive parents, and also promoting their cognitive development and psychological adjustment (Juffer et al, 2011;Pace, Zavattini, & Tambelli, 2015;Palacios, Román, Moreno, León, & Peñarrubia, 2014). Despite research showing that adopted adolescents have lower quality attachment relationships when compared to peers who had never been separated from their birth families, it also seems clear that, when comparing adopted children with institutionalized ones, there is a large socioemotional recovery after adoption, as the results presented by adopted children are far superior to the results shown by institutionalized children (Soares et al, 2014;Zeanah, Smyke, Koga, Carlson, & the BEIP Core Group, 2005).…”

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Portuguese adopted adolescents' perception of attachment relationships to parents

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Barbosa‐Ducharne

Coelho

2017

Child & Family Social Work

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The establishment of emotional bonds is one of the most important tasks of the adoptive family. Most research about attachment in adoption focuses on young adopted children, as opposed to adoptees in other stages of development. The present study aims at assessing the adopted adolescents' self‐perception of attachment relationships with their adoptive parents, by pairing them with a group of institutionalized adolescents and another one of adolescents in the community. One hundred sixty‐five adolescents (55 adopted, 55 in residential care, and 55 living with their birth family), aged 12 to 19, participated in this study. Data were collected using the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment to assess attachment relationships with parents on three dimensions: trust, communication, and alienation. The results showed that adoptees perceived their relationship with their parents in a similar way to peers in the community and presented higher results when compared to institutionalized adolescents in trust and communication and lower scores in alienation. The results highlighted the relevance of family context experiences and suggested that adoption can offer the possibility of building a secure attachment relationship, which is not the case in the context of collective care, as happens within institutionalized care.

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“…Asimismo, los hallazgos de diferentes estudios de investigación sobre el apego infantil en los niños adoptados, reflejan que las experiencias afectivas positivas que los niños adoptados experimentan en el seno de una nueva familia, producen cambios positivos duraderos en la seguridad de las conductas de apego, y que ello es ya apreciable durante el primer año de convivencia entre los niños adoptados y sus padres adoptivos. Por su parte, las representaciones mentales de apego tienden a mostrar más estabilidad a través del tiempo (Chisholm, 1998;Palacios et al, 2014;Román y Palacios, 2011;Román et al, 2012;van den Dries et al, 2009).…”

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“…Distintos estudios de investigación han comprobado que las experiencias afectivas positivas de los niños adoptados en el seno de una nueva familia producen un cambio duradero en las conductas de apego ya en el primer año de convivencia, mientras que las representaciones mentales del apego, por el contrario, tienden a mostrar cierta estabilidad a través del tiempo (Chisholm, 1998;Palacios, Román, Moreno, León y Peñarrubia, 2014;Román, Palacios, Moreno, y López, 2012;van den Dries, Juffer, van IJzendoorn, Bakermans-Kranenburg y Alink, 2007). En la investigación longitudinal de van den Dries et al (2012), la responsividad (responsiveness) de los niños también fue más sensible al cambio que el apego.…”

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Tipologías De Familias Adoptivas Y Seguridad en Las Conductas De Apego Infantil

Ruíz

2017

Revista INFAD de Psicología

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RESUMENCon la finalidad de analizar las características familiares que favorecen el desarrollo positivo de los niños adoptados, se han estudiado las relaciones entre distintas dimensiones familiares (apego adulto, función reflexiva, estrés e interacciones), tratando de identificar tipologías de familias a partir de dichas características familiares. Profundizar en todas estas cuestiones en el contexto "natural" de la adopción permite contar con un entorno único para abordar el efecto de las variables ambientales antes y después de la adopción. Desde esta perspectiva, la adopción se presenta como un contexto de investigación muy valioso para analizar la relación entre las características de las familias y el ajuste psicológico infantil. En esta dirección se encuentra el objetivo de la presente investigación, que consiste en desarrollar un modelo predictivo para la seguridad en las conductas de apego de los menores a partir de distintas tipologías de familias y de variables sociodemográfi-cas. La muestra estuvo formada por 98 familias españolas, 40 familias adoptivas y 58 familias no adoptivas. El análisis de conglomerados mostró que cuando los padres y madres pertenecían a la segunda tipología de familia, la seguridad en las conductas de apego de los niños aumentaba. Futuras líneas de investigación deberían seguir profundizando en las relaciones que se establecen entre la función reflexiva parental, el estrés parental y el apego infantil (plano conductual y representacional).Palabras clave: Apego, función reflexiva, estrés parental, tipologías familiares y adopción internacional. ABSTRACTIn order to analyze the family characteristics that favor the positive development of adopted children, relationships between different family dimensions (adult attachment, reflexive function, stress and interactions) have been studied, trying to identify family typologies based on these characteristics Family members. Delving into all these issues in the "natural" context of adoption allows for a

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Differential Plasticity in the Recovery of Adopted Children After Early Adversity

Cited by 36 publications

References 54 publications

Early adversity predicts adoptees’ enduring emotional and behavioral problems in childhood

Early adversity predicts adoptees’ enduring emotional and behavioral problems in childhood

Portuguese adopted adolescents' perception of attachment relationships to parents

Tipologías De Familias Adoptivas Y Seguridad en Las Conductas De Apego Infantil

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