Longitudinal change in parenting associated with developmental delay and catch-up
Researchers observed adoptive parent–child interactions at ages 4 and 6 in a study of children adopted from Romania and an early-placed UK comparison group. Longer deprivation was modestly associated with relationship quality, partly through developmental delay. Children showing cognitive catch-up also showed the greatest improvement in relationship quality. The analyses suggested that changes in the child were more closely linked to later parenting changes than the reverse.
Limitations: This concerns a historical cohort exposed to extreme Romanian institutional deprivation, followed after adoption into UK families. It does not represent adoption generally or establish that adoption caused the difficulties. Publications from this cohort use overlapping participants; regional coverage is not separately specified in the abstract. Observational interactions and statistical direction of effects do not establish causation or represent adoptees’ own descriptions of family relationships.
- Research type
- Longitudinal cohort study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: children
Adoption context: Intercountry adoption following institutional care; within-UK adoption comparison
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: cognition, family relationships, institutional deprivation, longitudinal, post-adoption environment
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom (regional breakdown not specified)
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