The Role of Parenting and Family Factors in the Developmental Catch-Up for Children Adopted Internationally

Bibliographic Data

ID12460294
AuthorsJennifer M Katzenstein (Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Brenna C LeJeune (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center), Kathy E Johnson, Kathy Johnson (0000-0002-4739-4647, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis)
Year2016
Volume19
Issue3
Pages224-236
Publication date2016-06-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdoption Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1092-6755 • E-ISSN: 1544-452X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10926755.2016.1201710
OpenAlexW2475026731
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited28

Internationally adopted children are at greater risk for cognitive difficulties. While age at adoption is an established significant predictor of cognitive outcomes, considerable variation persists. The present study focused on whether parenting and family factors explain additional variance in cognitive and linguistic catch-up in this group of children. In total, 46 children were examined at two time points, approximately 12 months apart. Cognitive and linguistic abilities were measured at both time points, with parenting and family factors examined at follow-up, using hierarchical linear regression. Age at adoption and baseline cognitive abilities were the best predictors of cognitive and linguistic catch-up; parenting and family factors generally did not account for a significant increase in explained variance

Cognition · Cognitive development · Developmental psychology · Multilevel model · Statistics · Variance (accounting · Variation (astronomy · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Psychology