Are There Biological Programming Effects for Psychological Development? Findings from a Study of Romanian Adoptees

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-94

  Rutter, Michael ^a   O'Connor, Thomas G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOPTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0347062605     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.1.81     Document Type: Article

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