Parent-reported problems in 211 adopted children: some risk and protective factors
Parents of 211 adoptees who had reached young adulthood were interviewed retrospectively about childhood and adolescent problems. Researchers compared infant adoptees with older adoptees who had experienced satisfactory or adverse early care. Adolescent problems were most common in the adverse early-care group, although difficulties and positive outcomes occurred across groups.
Limitations: These are parents’ retrospective reports of adoptee outcomes, not adoptees’ own accounts. Selection, recall and different early care histories limit causal interpretation. The sample overlaps with other David Howe adoption publications.
- Research type
- Longitudinal study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Mixed
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: David Howe adoptive-family adolescence/adulthood 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: adolescence, early adversity, mental health, Parent proxy evidence
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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- Adoptee involvement
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Entry: study_eee30cc854c66e85