Institutional deprivation, specific cognitive functions, and scholastic achievement: English and Romanian Adoptee (Era) study findings

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-142

  Beckett, Celia ^a   Castle, Jennifer ^a   Rutter, Michael ^a   Sonuga Barke, Edmund J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ROMANIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; ROMANIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955078245     PISSN: 0037976X     EISSN: 15405834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5834.2010.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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