APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Development and Family Environment in Children Adopted from Orphanage Care

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Developmental

  • Adela Leahu
    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

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