The Adoptive Family Within the Romanian Cultural Context: An Exploratory Study

Domestic adoption in Romania: Behavioral adjustment in a sample of adolescents

“…Age at adoption did not affect the behavioral I S W f o r p e e r r e v i e w 5 adjustment of a sample of adolescents who were born in Romania and adopted in the Netherlands during early childhood (Rijk et al, 2010). Groza, xxx, & Ungureanu (2012) found no association between attachment and age at placement among Romanian domestic adoptees. It has been argued that the effect of age at adoption should be conceived as the impact of time spent in adverse circumstances, and not of age per se (Howe e Wass, 2003;van IJzendoorn et al, 2011).…”

“…Very few follow-up studies were conducted on these domestically adopted children prior to 2009, when the FISAN (Factors that Influence Successful National Adoptions) research project was funded by the Romanian Ministry of Education. This study, on which the present paper is based, was aimed at investigating the level of adjustment of adolescents growing up in domestic adoptive families (Groza, et al, 2012;Pierrehumbert, xxx, Tomita, Ungureanu, Habersaat, 2011 Objectives of the present study…”

Attachment Assessment in treatments, prevention and intervention programs

“…This study showed that the FFI coherence was similar across the two samples and correlated with the attachment categories. Among domestically adopted Romanian children, Groza et al (2012) found that little more than the half had secure attachment representations and none showed disorganized ones. Lastly, Escobar and Santelices (2013) pointed out that in Chile nationally adopted adolescents showed more insecure attachment-mostly dismissing-than their non-adopted peers.…”

Adoption Policy and Evidence‐based Domestic Adoption Practice: A Comparison of Romania, Ukraine, India, Guatemala, and Ethiopia

“…Romania has a history of both domestic and intercountry adoptions. Data in Table is from the Romanian government websites (http://www.copii.ro, http://www.adoptiiromania.ro) and is updated from earlier published versions (Groza, Muntean, & Ungureanu, : Nedelcu & Groza, ).…”

“…Romania has a history of both domestic and intercountry adoptions. Data in Table 1 is from the Romanian government websites (www.copii.ro, www.adoptiiromania.ro) and is updated from earlier published versions (Groza, Muntean, & Ungureanu, 2012: Nedelcu & Groza, 2012 (Bartholet, 2005). Criticism centered on concerns that intercountry adoption was driving the child welfare systems and that domestic adoption was suffering.…”