Parent-Reported Executive Functioning in Postinstitutionalized Children: A Follow-Up Study

Merz, Emily C.; McCall, Robert B.; Groza, Victor

doi:10.1080/15374416.2013.764826

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“…Problems with executive function have been reported in adopted children on performance-based tests (Colvert et al, 2008;Hostinar, Stellern, Schaefer, Carlson, & Gunnar, 2012) and parent ratings on the BRIEF (Merz & McCall, 2011;Merz, McCall, & Groza, 2013). Although the precise reason for these findings remains unclear, early psychosocial deprivation, lower quality of physical/social care in institutions, and genetic influences have all been suggested as playing a role (Hostinar et al, 2012;Leve et al, 2013;Merz & McCall, 2011).…”

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Parent rating of executive function in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A review of the literature and new data on Aboriginal Canadian children

Jaspreet

Abecassis

Casey

et al. 2016

Child Neuropsychology

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Aboriginal children in Canada are at high risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) but there is little research on the cognitive impact of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in this population. This paper reviews the literature on parent report of executive functioning in children with FASD that used the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). New data on the BRIEF is then reported in a sample of 52 Aboriginal Canadian children with FASD for whom a primary caregiver completed the BRIEF. The children also completed a battery of neuropsychological tests. The results reveal mean scores in the impaired range for all three BRIEF index scores and seven of the eight scales, with the greatest difficulties found on the Working Memory, Inhibit and Shift scales. The majority of the children were reported as impaired on the index scores and scales, with Working Memory being most commonly impaired scale. On the performance-based tests, Trails B and Letter Fluency are most often reported as impaired, though the prevalence of impairment is greater for parent ratings than test performance. No gender difference is noted for the parent report, but the boys had slightly slower intellectual functioning and were more perseverative than the girls on testing. The presence of psychiatric comorbidity is unrelated to either BRIEF or test scores. These findings are generally consistent with prior studies indicating that parents observe considerable executive dysfunction in children with FASD, and that children with FASD may have more difficulty with executive functions in everyday life than is detected by laboratory-based tests alone.

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Parent rating of executive function in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A review of the literature and new data on Aboriginal Canadian children

Jaspreet

Abecassis

Casey

et al. 2016

Child Neuropsychology

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“…The two most comprehensive sets of longitudinal studies (English and Romanian Adoptees studies, i.e., Kreppner et al, 2001Kreppner et al, , 2010Stevens et al, 2008; and Canadian studies, i.e., Audet & Le Mare, 2010) have focused only on children adopted from Romania as infants and toddlers. Using research findings derived from children who experienced profound deprivation in Romania to draw conclusions about children adopted internationally from other countries is difficult as several studies suggest that outcomes differ when samples include children adopted from orphanages that have less severe deprivation (Gunnar et al, 2007;Merz & McCall, 2010, Merz et al, 2013. Additionally, focusing only on children adopted as infants and toddlers makes it difficult to draw conclusions about children adopted at older ages.…”

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“…Also, multiple studies have shown that boys are at increased risk for developing inattentive=overactive behaviors after institutional care (Gunnar et al, 2012;Lindblad et al, 2010;Miller, Chan, Tirella, & Perrin, 2009;Roy et al, 2004;Sonuga-Barke & Rubia, 2008;Wiik et al, 2011), and in longitudinal studies, boys have shown less recovery of inattentive=overac-tive behaviors over time (Stevens et al, 2008). However, other research has suggested that gender is not a significant predictor related to attention and hyperactivity (Abrines et al, 2012;Audet & Le Mare, 2010;BarconsCastel et al, 2011;Colvert, Rutter, Kreppner, et al, 2008;Merz & McCall, 2010;Merz et al, 2013). In contrast, child-specific factors including birth weight and prenatal risk factors seem largely unrelated to inattentive= overactive behaviors in internationally adopted children.…”

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“…Internationally adopted children who displayed inattentive=overactive behaviors were also more likely to use mental health and education support services (Jacobs et al, 2010;Merz et al, 2013;Rutter, SonugaBarke, & Castle, 2010). These behaviors also tended to predict a greater presence of negativity in parents' evaluations of the adoptions (Castle et al, 2009) and higher parenting stress (Miller et al, 2009).…”

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“…Older age at adoption is related to greater risk for inattentive=overactive difficulties across a wide range of studies (Audet & Le Mare, 2010;Barcons-Castel et al, 2011;Behen et al, 2008;Gunnar et al, 2007Gunnar et al, , 2012Jacobs, Miller, & Tirella, 2010;Kreppner et al, 2001;Lindblad et al, 2010;Merz & McCall, 2010;Merz et al, 2013;Pollack et al, 2010;Stevens et al, 2008;Wiik et al, 2011). Research examining age at adoption suggests that neglect and deprivation that coincide with sensitive periods may ''developmentally program'' the brain in atypical ways, negatively affecting later development (Julian, 2013;McLaughlin et al, 2013).…”

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Predictors and Correlates of Inattentive/Overactive Behaviors in Internationally Adopted Children

Helder

Brooker

Kapitula

et al. 2016

Applied Neuropsychology: Child

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Children adopted internationally following deprived early care have an elevated risk for difficulties with inattention/overactivity (Kreppner et al., 2001 ). The current study sought to identify predictors of inattention/overactivity and child and adoptive family challenges that co-occur with inattention/overactivity difficulties in a sample of internationally adopted children. Forty-eight children (mean age at adoption = 57.98 months, SD = 47.7 months) were examined at 3 yearly assessments, which included semistructured interviews, parent ratings, and neuropsychological assessment with children. Results revealed that older age at adoption, longer time in the adoptive home, and smaller family size were associated with greater parent-rated difficulties with inattention/overactivity. Additionally, greater inattention/overactivity difficulties were associated with poorer expressive language and reading performance, poorer child emotional-behavioral outcomes, and poorer adoptive family functioning. Given the increase in difficulties over time in the adoptive home, longer-term follow-up may be helpful to ensure appropriate intervention. Additionally, interventions may need to be more comprehensive given the connection between inattentive/overactive behaviors and other areas of functioning.

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Language Development of Children Raised in Institutional Settings: Behavioral and Neurophysiological Findings

Zhukova¹,

Ovchinnikova²,

Logvinenko³

et al. 2020

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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The current study investigated language development of children residing in institutional care (IC) in Russia, compared to peers raised by biological family care (BFC). We used standardized behavioral testing (Preschool Language Scale‐5, McArthur CDI), and an event‐related potential picture–word matching paradigm. Children in IC significantly underperformed on the measures of receptive and expressive language development, with larger deficits in expressive domain. ERP findings indicated that children in IC did not demonstrate significant N400 effect in response to semantic violations; there were no significant group differences in semantic processing between IC and the BFC groups. In the late time window of 400–600 ms, phonologically legal pseudowords elicited an ERP component with the positive amplitude in the IC group, resembling P300 ERP component, whereas the BFC group showed the expected N400 effect. The findings point to less efficient lexical processing in the IC group. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to investigate both the behavioral and neuropsychological aspects of language development, focusing on phonological and lexical‐semantic processing, in children who currently live in IC.

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Parent-Reported Executive Functioning in Postinstitutionalized Children: A Follow-Up Study

Cited by 41 publications

References 29 publications

Parent rating of executive function in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A review of the literature and new data on Aboriginal Canadian children

Parent rating of executive function in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A review of the literature and new data on Aboriginal Canadian children

Predictors and Correlates of Inattentive/Overactive Behaviors in Internationally Adopted Children

Language Development of Children Raised in Institutional Settings: Behavioral and Neurophysiological Findings

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