[article] Parent ratings of executive functioning in children adopted from psychosocially depriving institutions [texte imprimé] /
Emily C. MERZ, Auteur ;
Robert B. MCCALL, Auteur . - 2011 . - p.537-546.
Langues : Anglais (
eng)
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry >
52-5 (May 2011) . - p.537-546
| Mots-clés : |
Early institutional deprivation executive functioning |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Background: Previous studies have found that post-institutionalized (PI) children are particularly susceptible to attention problems and perform poorly on executive functioning (EF) lab tasks.
Methods: Parent ratings of EF were examined in 288 school-age and 130 preschool-age children adopted from psychosocially depriving Russian institutions that provided adequate physical resources but not one-on-one interactions with a consistent set of responsive caregivers.
Results: Results revealed a step-like association between age at adoption and EF deficits; school-age children adopted after 18 months of age had greater EF difficulties than younger-adopted children and the never-institutionalized normative sample. The onset of adolescence was associated with a greater increase in EF deficits for children adopted after 18 months than for younger-adopted children. Preschool-age children were not found to have greater EF difficulties than the normative sample.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that prolonged early psychosocial deprivation may increase children’s risk of EF deficits and that the developmental stresses of adolescence may be particularly challenging for older-adopted PI children. |
| En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02335.x |
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Parent ratings of executive functioning in children adopted from psychosocially depriving institutions in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52-5 (May 2011)
