Mental Health in Internationally Adopted Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis
Combines 11 studies covering 17,919 internationally adopted adolescents and over one million non-adopted peers. International adoptees showed higher mental-health problems overall, although results varied by outcome and measurement method. Parent-reported differences were somewhat larger than adoptee self-reports.
Limitations: Studies and adoption populations were heterogeneous.
- Research type
- Meta-analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adolescents
Adoption context: Intercountry adoption
Programme: Not recorded
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: adolescents, intercountry adoption, mental health, meta-analysis
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: International
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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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