Do children adopted from British Foster Care show difficulties in executive functioning and social communication?
The repository abstract describes a systematic review of 30 studies examining executive functioning in looked-after, adopted and previously institutionalised children. Most studies concerned previously institutionalised children; parent questionnaires and several direct performance tasks indicated executive difficulties. Evidence for other care and adoption groups was more limited.
Limitations: The reviewed abstract describes the review rather than providing the full empirical component’s results. Measures and samples differed across studies. The thesis is associated with Wretham’s later British foster-care adoptee paper; these publications must not be assumed to supply independent participant samples.
- Research type
- Doctoral thesis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: Wretham British foster-care adoption cognition 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: Evidence synthesis, Executive functioning, Parent proxy evidence, research methodology
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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