The effectiveness of psychological interventions with adoptive parents on adopted children and adolescents’ outcomes: A systematic review
Researchers reviewed 19 papers describing 15 interventions that worked with adoptive parents and measured adopted children’s emotional, behavioural or relationship outcomes. UK evaluations were included. Some studies reported improvement, but results varied, and the reviewers could not draw firm conclusions about which interventions were effective.
Limitations: Many child outcomes were parent-proxy ratings. Studies differed in design, participants and intervention, with substantial risk of bias and limited follow-up. International findings do not provide an England/Wales-specific estimate. This review reuses studies recorded elsewhere in the database.
- Research type
- Systematic review
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Domestic and intercountry adoption
Programme: Not recorded
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: mental health, post-adoption support, systematic review
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom; 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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