Mitigating effects of the adoptive caregiving environment on inattention/overactivity in children adopted from Romanian orphanages

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-115

  Audet, Karyn ^a   Le Mare, Lucy ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; attention problems; orphans; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; ADOPTIVE PARENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTHORITY; BORDERLINE STATE; CARE AND CARING; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANAGE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PIACENZIAN; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79952764006     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025410373313     Document Type: Article

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