IQ and behavioural adjustment of ex-institutional adolescents
Researchers followed children who had spent at least their first two years in institutions and were subsequently adopted or returned to birth parents. In adolescence, IQ was associated mainly with later family placement. Teacher questionnaires and interviews with adolescents and parents indicated more behavioural and emotional difficulties in the formerly institutionalised group than in a matched comparison group.
Limitations: A historical institutional-care cohort with different later placements; adoption and return to birth parents were not randomly assigned. The abstract does not state the sample size. Evidence-provider note: the study combines adoptee evidence with parent-reported assessments. Parent reports should not be presented as the adoptee’s own testimony.
- Research type
- Longitudinal comparative cohort study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adolescents
Adoption context: Adoption after institutional care
Programme: Tizard longitudinal study
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoptee voice, behaviour, IQ, longitudinal, mental health, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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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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