Exploring links between early adversities and later outcomes for children adopted from care: Implications for planning post adoption support
An online survey of 319 adoptive parents in England examined links between children’s earlier adversities and later outcomes. Statistical models associated poorer outcomes with several factors, including maltreatment, prenatal substance exposure, longer periods in care, multiple foster placements and distress around the move to adoption. The study considered implications for planning support.
Limitations: Parents reported children’s histories and outcomes; adoptees did not provide these questionnaire responses. Participation was voluntary and information retrospective. Observed associations cannot isolate causal effects. Programme publications may use overlapping data. Publications from this programme may use overlapping participants or data.
- Research type
- Cross-sectional survey
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children / Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children / adolescents
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: UEA Researching Adoption Support
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: Maltreatment, mental health, Parent proxy evidence, post-adoption support, Prenatal exposure
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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- Adoptee involvement
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