II. Methods and measures used for follow-up at 15 years of the English and Romanian Adoptee (ERA) study
This methods chapter describes the ERA follow-up at age 15, including participation, earlier assessments, cognitive tests, assessments of deprivation-related difficulties, genotyping and statistical analysis. It also describes assessments relevant to possible autism at ages 18–20. It documents how the cohort was investigated rather than presenting a separate study with a new participant sample.
Limitations: Only the abstract was reviewed. It describes measurement and analysis approaches but does not provide numerical findings or enough information to assess attrition. Measures combine several assessment approaches; the abstract does not identify every evidence provider. This is a methods publication from an existing cohort, not independent outcome evidence. Publications from the ERA programme use overlapping participants; separate publications are not independent samples.
- Research type
- Research methodology
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: adolescents
Adoption context: Intercountry adoption after institutional deprivation; UK domestic adoptee comparison group
Programme: English and Romanian Adoptees Study
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: genetics, institutional deprivation, longitudinal research, research methodology
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England / Romania (adopted into UK families)
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- Commissioner
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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