Attachment, Cognitive, and Motor Development in Adopted Children: Short-term Outcomes after International Adoption
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Attachment, cognitive, and motor development in adopted children: short-term outcomes after international adoption.
OBJECTIVE To examine infant attachment and developmental functioning shortly after international adoption. METHODS At 14 months, infant-mother attachment and mental (MDI) and psychomotor (PDI) development were assessed in 70 internationally adopted children. Mean age at arrival was 5.5 months, mean stay in the adoptive family 8.7 months. RESULTS Adopted children's MDI and PDI did not deviat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric Psychology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0146-8693,1465-735X
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm062