2017
Psychological and Sociocultural Adaptation of Children Adopted from Russia and their Associations with Pre-Adoption Risk Factors and Parenting
Hein S, Tan M, Rakhlin N, Doyle N, Hart L, Macomber D, Ruchkin V, Grigorenko E. Psychological and Sociocultural Adaptation of Children Adopted from Russia and their Associations with Pre-Adoption Risk Factors and Parenting. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2017, 26: 2669-2680. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-017-0782-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly academic skillsAcademic skillsBehavioral adjustmentAdaptive functioningAdoptive familiesBehavioral outcomesSociocultural adaptationPositive parentingAdaptive skillsBehavioral progressFathers' reportsParentingBehavioral symptomsSkillsAdopteesUS familiesHigh levelsDifferential resultsFunctioningChildrenTime pointsAdjustmentMothersLow levelsAcculturation
2015
Language development of internationally adopted children: Adverse early experiences outweigh the age of acquisition effect
Rakhlin N, Hein S, Doyle N, Hart L, Macomber D, Ruchkin V, Tan M, Grigorenko EL. Language development of internationally adopted children: Adverse early experiences outweigh the age of acquisition effect. Journal Of Communication Disorders 2015, 57: 66-80. PMID: 26385197, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2015.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of institutionalizationAdverse early experiencesBiological familiesAge expectationsChild outcomesReceptive language measuresNon-verbal IQNon-adopted peersEarly literacy developmentReceptive vocabularyLanguage measuresSecond time pointCognitive skillsEarly experienceLanguage outcomesAcquisition effectsLanguage acquisitionLanguage developmentMore outcome measuresChildren's capacityPotential primacyFirst languageAdoptive familiesAdoptive languageStandardized measures