Special needs of internationally adopted adolescents in 4 European receiving countries: Relation to mothers’ adoption satisfaction

Miller, Laurie C.; Canzi, Elena; Ranieri, Sonia; Ferrari, Laura; Román, Maite; Cáceres, Isabel; Theie, Steinar; Montclos, Marie-Odile Pérouse de; Rygvold, Anne-Lise; Dalen, Monica; Palacios, Jesús; Rosnati, Rosa

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106471

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“…In the case of adoptees from Eastern Europe, this risk might be even higher than for adoptees from other countries, as other studies have reported (Raaska et al, 2012). This could be related to the generally unfavourable conditions of the institutions in which they lived, the special educational needs that a significant percentage of them present or the physical and ethnic features that could differentiate them from other children in the receiving countries (Gunnar, 2001; Miller et al, 2022). Some recent studies also suggest that symptoms of attachment disorders might be prominent among Eastern European adoptees (Román et al, 2022), and these symptoms have been linked with peer relationships problems and bullying victimization (Raaska et al, 2012).…”

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“…About half of the Spanish adolescents answered the questionnaires in paper, and the other half answered the same questionnaires using tablets provided by the research team. More details about the global sample and procedure can be found in Miller et al (2022). The research protocol in each receiving country received ethical approval from the pertinent local committees.…”

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“…Internationally adopted children share some characteristics with these particularly vulnerable groups and might be more likely to suffer peer victimization, compared with their community peers. For example, they have experienced early adversity, were born in other countries, may look different and are more likely to have disability or special educational needs (Miller et al, 2022). However, very few studies to date have explored the prevalence and impact of bullying victimization in internationally adopted children and adolescents.…”

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School victimization and psychosocial adjustment among Eastern European adopted adolescents across Europe

Cáceres,

Palacios,

Ferrari

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BackgroundLittle is known about bullying experienced by internationally adopted teens residing in Europe.ObjectivesWithin the framework of an international research effort involving several European countries, the main goal of this study was to explore the experiences of bullying victimization suffered by adopted adolescents, as well as its impact on their psychological adjustment.MethodsThe sample consisted of 199 adolescents born in Eastern European countries and adopted in France (n = 50), Italy (n = 59), Norway (n = 25) and Spain (n = 65).ResultsMore than half of the adopted adolescents had been exposed to some form of peer victimization in the previous 2 months, with verbal harassment and social exclusion being the most common forms of victimization. Differences between receiving countries were not statistically significant, suggesting a common pattern for Eastern European adopted adolescents living in Western Europe. More frequent experiences of peer victimization were associated with more psychological difficulties among the adopted adolescents.ConclusionsFindings highlight that adopted adolescents might have considerable difficulties in social integration with peers; these experiences of peer victimization might play an important role hindering their psychosocial adjustment. The socioemotional development of adopted people is not only linked to their pre‐adoptive experiences; factors in their daily lives (i.e., peer relationships) may also be associated with their psychological adjustment later in life. Interventions are needed to promote the real inclusion of these groups of children in their social and educational contexts.

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“…The children were divided into two health categories: healthy children or children with special needs (25), such as structural defects, global developmental delay, or other disabilities (Table 1). The main exclusion criteria were a longterm medication that affects sleep or a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.…”

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Changes in objectively measured sleep among internationally adopted children in 1-year follow-up during the first years in new families

Heikkilä

Lapinleimu²,

Virtanen³

et al. 2022

Front. Pediatr.

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BackgroundPsychosocial risks and environmental changes experienced by internationally adopted children may predict sleep problems, which are incidentally among the main concerns of adoptive parents. Several questionnaire studies have found sleep of internationally adopted children to be problematic, but none of those used an objective measure in a controlled study.ObjectiveTo determine whether the objectively recorded sleep of internationally adopted children is worse than their controls who are living with their biological parents.MethodsTo this case-control part of the Finnish Adoption Study, we recruited children who were adopted internationally to Finland between October 2012 and December 2016. Simultaneously, control children were recruited from 16 daycare centers. To assess sleep in children, actigraphy recordings were made twice, 1 year apart, between December 2013 and April 2018. In the adopted group, the first assessment took place 10 months after they had arrived in their families. The associations between adoption status and sleep parameters were analyzed using linear mixed modeling and adjusted for multiple potential confounders, including child age.ResultsSeventy-eight internationally adopted children (boys 64%) aged 1–7 years and 99 controls (boys 53%) aged 2–6 years attended the first sleep recording. The recordings showed that the internationally adopted children slept longer (B = 0.48, 95% CI 0.23–0.73, P < 0.001) than the controls. There were no significant differences in sleep fragmentation or sleep efficiency between the groups. During the 1-year follow-up, the sleep patterns of the adopted children approached those of the controls.ConclusionsThe internationally adopted children spent more time in bed and slept more than their control children in both recordings. However, their sleep patterns were not very different from those of their peers and the differences appeared to vanish during the first years in their new family.

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“…It has been discussed if a special need might be an extra burden on the child, in addition to being adopted. 5 Of course, given the situation for the child and the process(es) of separation they have gone through, it is difficult to foresee the consequences both of being internationally adopted and of remaining in the country of origin, which makes it challenging to decide what is really in the child's best interest. Children with special needs comprise those with behavioral disorders, trauma, mental or physical disabilities such as cleft lip and palate (CLP), children who are part of a sibling group, or over 7 years of age.…”

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Ethical Challenges for Plastic Surgery in Treating Internationally Adopted Children With Cleft Lip and Palate

Sahlsten Schölin,

Hansson,

Rizell

et al. 2024

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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A large number of children with cleft lip and palate (CLP) were adopted to Sweden in the last decade, mainly from China. Most of the children arrived with unoperated palates and at later ages than earlier years. This article aims to present an overview of ethical challenges within the practice of international adoption of children with CLP from the perspective of plastic surgery in a welfare health care system. An overview of CLP treatment is presented, followed by a normative discussion and ethical analysis using the 4 principles of Beauchamp and Childress: non-maleficence, beneficence, autonomy, and justice. The following themes and subthemes were analyzed: the search for normality and the potential challenge of being adopted and having CLP—treatment autonomy of the child and future preferences, adoptive parents’ expectations of plastic surgery, the journey of the adoptee and the adoptive parents; and general issues—reconstructive possibilities and consequences of CLP in the country of origin, information to the adoptive parents, health care needs, and reconstructive possibilities for children with CLP in the receiving country. Clinical implications are discussed, and suggestions for future research are provided.

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Special needs of internationally adopted adolescents in 4 European receiving countries: Relation to mothers’ adoption satisfaction

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References 72 publications

School victimization and psychosocial adjustment among Eastern European adopted adolescents across Europe

School victimization and psychosocial adjustment among Eastern European adopted adolescents across Europe

Changes in objectively measured sleep among internationally adopted children in 1-year follow-up during the first years in new families

Ethical Challenges for Plastic Surgery in Treating Internationally Adopted Children With Cleft Lip and Palate

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