The neurocognitive profiles of children adopted from care and their emotional and behavioral problems at home and school
Forty-five UK children adopted from care completed neurocognitive tasks around age six; parents and teachers rated emotional and behavioural difficulties. Low scores occurred across several tasks. Non-verbal reasoning, inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility were associated with behavioural ratings, while verbal reasoning was positively associated with emotional difficulties.
Limitations: Small cross-sectional sample; parent and teacher ratings supplied the mental-health evidence. Task associations do not establish whether cognitive differences cause later difficulties. Overlap with the Wales adoption cohort requires further verification; no identity of samples is assumed. Evidence-provider note: adoptive parents supplied some or all questionnaire/interview assessments of the adoptee’s outcomes. These proxy reports are not the adoptee’s own account; other evidence sources, where present, are described in the summary.
- Research type
- Cross-sectional assessment study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: Cardiff neurocognitive study of children adopted from care
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in indexed metadata reviewed. Affiliations, funding and conflicts have not been comprehensively audited; this does not confirm institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: cognitive development, education, executive function, mental health
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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