This study used a prospective adoption design to investigate effects of prenatal and postnatal parent depressive symptom exposure on child hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity and associated internalizing symptoms. Birth mother prenatal symptoms and adoptive mother/father postnatal (9-month, 27-month) symptoms were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory in a sample of 192 families...

BACKGROUND There are many reasons why some couples do not become parents. Some are infertile, some do not want kids, children can be in a social context unacceptable and for others different life goals are more important. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine barriers of child adoption in infertile couples in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out at...

Work has been underway to increase the availability of parenting options for people living with and affected by HIV. One option, adoption, has not yet been explored in the literature. The study aimed to gain a better understanding of the potential of adoption for individuals/couples living with HIV in Ontario, and to assess potential structural barriers or facilitators that may impact their exp...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to determine whether selected sociodemographic and hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific clinical factors are associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among pediatric patients chronically infected with HBV. METHODS Children with chronic HBV enrolled in the Hepatitis B Research Network completed the Child Health Questionnaire at study entry. Caregiv...

BACKGROUND Families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) report more negative family relationships than families of children without ADHD. Questions remain as to the role of genetic factors underlying associations between family relationships and children's ADHD symptoms, and the role of children's ADHD symptoms as an evocative influence on the quality of relationshi...

Adoption is a necessity for every family that cannot have children, especially married couples who do not children so they make adopted like biological children. Problems arise if the adoptive parents submitted lawsuit canceling adoption. This paper result of legal research method using an empirical juridical problem approach. The considerations are court may refuse to examine and decide on cas...

Adoption involves legal, psychological, and social consequences for birthparents, adoptive parents, and adoptees. Efforts to achieve uniformity in adoption law have been in part thwarted by a lack of consensus about how to balance the varied interests of these parties in contemporary adoptions. This article explores the tensions between traditional and present interpretations of six principal e...

AIM To explore use of adoption in remedying abuse and neglect, to inform child protection practice and to identify professional responsibilities to adoptive families. METHOD A cohort of 130 children was identified for whom adoption was recommended in 1991-1996 at a mean age of 5.7 years (range 3-11). All were in local authority care for child protection reasons. BACKGROUND information was g...