Scholastic attainment following severe early institutional deprivation: A study of children adopted from Romania

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1063-1073

  Beckett, Celia ^a   Maughan, Barbara ^a   Rutter, Michael ^a   Castle, Jenny ^a   Colvert, Emma ^a   Groothues, Christine ^a   Hawkins, Amanda ^a   Kreppner, Jana ^a   O'Connor, Thomas G ^b   Stevens, Suzanne ^a,c   Sonuga Barke, Edmund J S ^a,c,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attainment; Cognitive abilities; Deprivation; Inattention overactivity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOPTED CHILD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROMANIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOPTION; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; READING; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA;

EID: 34748854270     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9155-y     Document Type: Article

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