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Publication Date: 2011-Aug
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Self-Regulation in Newly Arrived International Adoptees
Tirella, Linda Grey; Miller, Laurie C.
Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, v31 n3 p301-314 Aug 2011
Many newly arrived international adoptees (IA) have difficulties with eating, sleeping, and self-soothing/self-stimulating (SS) behaviors. However, to date the prevalence of these problems and associated risk factors have not been clearly identified. Therefore, we proposed to evaluate 387 IA for the presence of these self-regulation and behavioral difficulties, and examined the relationships between these behaviors and pre-adoptive risk factors including growth measures, orphanage care, age at arrival and presence of medical complications. Data on participants were collected in a retrospective chart review and entered into a standardized data collection sheet by a trained research assistant. This exploratory study included 133 M and 254 F with an average age (M = 16) months at the time of the study. Children in the study represented adoptees from seventeen countries. Forty-nine per cent (49%) of the retrospective sample exhibited SS behaviors, 48% had sleep disturbances, and 34% had eating issues. Many had difficulties in more than one area. Country of origin, pre-adoption residence, and arrival nutritional status all related to the presence of these problems. Hence, self-regulation difficulties are common but both the course and influence of those behaviors on family functioning remains unknown. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Nutrition, Sleep, Risk, Immigrants, Self Management, Behavior Problems, Eating Disorders, Adoption, Well Being, Migrant Children, Migrant Problems, Case Records, Data Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Interviews, Child Development, Child Behavior, Anxiety, Child Health, Parent Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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