APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Development and Family Environment in Children Adopted from Orphanage Care
Session: Poster Session XIII
Authors
- Adela LeahuPresenting Author
National Institutes of Health - Margaret Keil
National Institutes of Health - Sharon Singh
Children's National Medical Center - Patrick Mason
National Institutes of Health - Penny Glass
Children's National Medical Center - Constantine Stratakis
National Institutes of Health
Abstract
Prospective study of children adopted from institutionalized care and association between auxology, environment, and development. Time in orphanage care was associated with increased risk of negative effect on growth, cognitive function, and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. Family environment was a positive predictor of behavioral development.
Families/Parenting
