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Atypical EEG Power Correlates with Indiscriminately Friendly Behavior in Internationally Adopted Children
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Tarullo, Amanda R.; Garvin, Melissa C.; Gunnar, Megan R. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
While effects of institutional care on behavioral development have been studied extensively, effects on neural systems underlying these socioemotional and attention deficits are only beginning to be examined. The current study assessed electroencephalogram (EEG) power in 18-month-old internationally adopted, postinstitutionalized children (n = 37)…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Disadvantaged Environment, Adoption, Foster Care
Mitigating Effects of the Adoptive Caregiving Environment on Inattention/Overactivity in Children Adopted from Romanian Orphanages
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Audet, Karyn; Le Mare, Lucy – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
We examined inattention/overactivity (I/O) over time and in relation to caregiving in three matched groups: (1) Romanian Orphans (RO) with a minimum of eight months' deprivation prior to adoption, (2) Early Adopted (EA) children adopted from Romania prior to age four months, and (3) Canadian Born (CB) non-adopted children. Comparisons among groups…
Descriptors: Children, Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Environment, Adoption
Normality and Impairment following Profound Early Institutional Deprivation: A Longitudinal follow-up into Early Adolescence
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Kreppner, Jana M.; Rutter, Michael; Beckett, Celia; Castle, Jenny; Colvert, Emma; Groothues, Christine; Hawkins, Amanda; O'Connor, Thomas G.; Stevens, Suzanne; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
Longitudinal analyses on normal versus impaired functioning across 7 domains were conducted in children who had experienced profound institutional deprivation up to the age of 42 months and were adopted from Romania into U.K. families. Comparisons were made with noninstitutionalized children adopted from Romania and with nondeprived within-U.K.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Adolescents, Brain
ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULATION AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN--AN EXPLORATORY PROJECT.
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HENDERSON, RONALD W. – 1966
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL (SUBCULTURAL) FACTORS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES OF MEXICAN-AMERICANS WAS STUDIED. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 80 FIRST-GRADERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. ASSIGNMENTS WERE MADE FOR COMPARISON OF THE SUBJECTS INTO EITHER A HIGH POTENTIAL GROUP OR A LOW POTENTIAL GROUP. ASSIGNMENTS WERE…
Descriptors: Background, Bilingual Students, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a New Type of Preschool Compensatory Program: Environmental Academics.
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Dwyer, Robert C.; And Others – 1972
A total of 160 five-year-old children from Head Start-eligible families were assigned to two treatments during a 6-month Head Start program. The experimental group received the Environmental Academics Program for one to one and a half hours per school day, and the ongoing Head Start program for the balance of the day. The control group received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Environment
Extent and Consequences of Welfare Dependence among America's Children.
Duncan, Greg J.; Wei-Jun, Yeung J. – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Examines the consequences for children of life in families that receive at least part of their income from welfare. Suggests these children appear to complete less schooling, even after adjustment for other differences between recipient and nonrecipient families. Low family income and maternal employment are also found to reduce completed…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children