Steinar Theie

Biographic Data

ID5511436
NAMESteinar Theie
GIVEN NAMESSteinar
FAMILY NAMETheie
SIGNATURETHEIE S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oslo
ORCID0000-0003-2800-8576
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Emotional & Behavioral Difficulties in Internationally Adopted Adolescents in 4 European Receiving Countries

    Laurie C Miller, Laura Ferrari et al.ARTICLEAdoption Quarterly2025References: 13

  • Special needs of internationally adopted adolescents in 4 European receiving countries

    Open AccessLaurie C Miller, Elena Canzi et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022References: 71

  • School adjustment of internationally adopted children in primary school

    Open AccessMonica Dalen, Steinar Theie et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 1References: 38

    The study examined school adjustment among 119 internationally adopted children in Norway. School adjustment included two main dimensions; school motivation and relationship in school. In the first part of the study, school adjustment was assessed by teachers among adopted and non-adopted children in first and third grade. In the second part, school adjustment assessed by mothers and teachers of adopted children were compared. The findings docume…

  • Academic Achievement Among Adopted and Nonadopted Children in Early School Years

    Monica Dalen, Steinar TheieARTICLEAdoption Quarterly2019Cited by: 2References: 7

    The study examined academic achievement among adopted and nonadopted children in Norway. The adopted group included children adopted from China, South Korea, South Africa, Ethiopia, and Colombia. The study also included a control group of nonadopted classmates with same gender and age. The findings show no significant differences in academic achievement between adopted and nonadopted in either first or third grade, but a greater variety in adopte…

  • Internationally Adopted Children's Reading Comprehension in Second Grade

    Anne-Lise Rygvold, Steinar TheieARTICLEAdoption Quarterly2016Cited by: 4References: 6

    This is a longitudinal study assessing language and literacy skills in internationally adopted children and controls at four years and in second grade at school. The results show small differences between the groups on language skills except for language comprehension at the age of four and reading comprehension in second grade where the adoptees scored significantly lower than their peers did. Significant predictors of the reading comprehension …

  • Similarities and differences between internationally adopted and nonadopted children in their toddler years

    Monica Dalen, Steinar TheieARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2014

    In this study, we compare internationally adopted children's communication, gross motor development, temperament, and challenging behavior with the same characteristics in nonadopted children at age 24 and 36 months. At 24 months, adopted children lag behind in communication and in gross motor development. The adopted children are less active and show less physically challenging behavior. At age 36 months, most of these differences have diminishe…