Cognitively Adopted Children
Abstract
The effect on adopted individuals, are measured through several scientific studies with the help of parents and children. Children who are adopted are compared to other non-adopted peers, neglected children, and children in their current environment in terms of intellect and behavior. Compared to those who live with their non-disruptive birth parents, adopted or neglected or neglected lack in many aspects of language, intelligence, and behavior. Even though Adopted children have more disadvantages compared to the peers in their new environment, parents are able to give them the resources they need to grow cognitively.
My personal interest of this subject comes from my own experience of being an orphan around the age of four …show more content…
(2012) conducted a study that seek the differences of children who have faced different forms of neglect by comparing peers who have a history with some form of neglect, internationally adopted children, and healthy children with healthy relationships with parents. Participants took series of age appropriate standardized tests for cognitive, language, and behavioral function. Cognitive tests included the Differential Abilities Scales for Children (DAC) assessing cognitive capabilities into a score for General Conceptual Ability (GCA), which then takes that data and correlates it to the general verbal ability, nonverbal ability, and general conceptual ability (GCA). Language testing including language subcategories would include the Test of Early Language (TELD) (testing two through six years and eleven months), Test of Language Development (TOLD) (tests children above the age of six years and eleven months), TOLD-primary (testing four to nine year old children), and TOLD-intermediate (and its subcategories for language proficiency in eight to eight-teen year old subjects). Finally participants would be tested for behavior and its subtests through the Child behavior checklist (CBCL), (testing the ages of one and a half to eight-teen). In this research, parents complete a Parenting Stress Index (PSI-SF) for correlation …show more content…
Adolescent children have a lower self-esteem than those of adult’s correlating to a diminished sense of identity. As we learn through Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, in which all adolescence confront this obstacle. The only thing that differentiates a Swedish-born child whom are related to their parents, and individuals who are adopted is the fact that Swedish born children do not have to think about where they came from. According to Cederblad, M., Hook, B., Irhammar, M., & Mercke, A., (1999), Adopted children who,” research or think about their adoption, biological family, and country of origin, often have lower-self esteem and higher rate of internalizing.” As most children face an identity crisis this is the only thing that separates the Swedish-born from non-Swedish-born
The effect on adopted individuals, are measured through several scientific studies with the help of parents and children. Children who are adopted are compared to other non-adopted peers, neglected children, and children in their current environment in terms of intellect and behavior. Compared to those who live with their non-disruptive birth parents, adopted or neglected or neglected lack in many aspects of language, intelligence, and behavior. Even though Adopted children have more disadvantages compared to the peers in their new environment, parents are able to give them the resources they need to grow cognitively.
My personal interest of this subject comes from my own experience of being an orphan around the age of four …show more content…
(2012) conducted a study that seek the differences of children who have faced different forms of neglect by comparing peers who have a history with some form of neglect, internationally adopted children, and healthy children with healthy relationships with parents. Participants took series of age appropriate standardized tests for cognitive, language, and behavioral function. Cognitive tests included the Differential Abilities Scales for Children (DAC) assessing cognitive capabilities into a score for General Conceptual Ability (GCA), which then takes that data and correlates it to the general verbal ability, nonverbal ability, and general conceptual ability (GCA). Language testing including language subcategories would include the Test of Early Language (TELD) (testing two through six years and eleven months), Test of Language Development (TOLD) (tests children above the age of six years and eleven months), TOLD-primary (testing four to nine year old children), and TOLD-intermediate (and its subcategories for language proficiency in eight to eight-teen year old subjects). Finally participants would be tested for behavior and its subtests through the Child behavior checklist (CBCL), (testing the ages of one and a half to eight-teen). In this research, parents complete a Parenting Stress Index (PSI-SF) for correlation …show more content…
Adolescent children have a lower self-esteem than those of adult’s correlating to a diminished sense of identity. As we learn through Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, in which all adolescence confront this obstacle. The only thing that differentiates a Swedish-born child whom are related to their parents, and individuals who are adopted is the fact that Swedish born children do not have to think about where they came from. According to Cederblad, M., Hook, B., Irhammar, M., & Mercke, A., (1999), Adopted children who,” research or think about their adoption, biological family, and country of origin, often have lower-self esteem and higher rate of internalizing.” As most children face an identity crisis this is the only thing that separates the Swedish-born from non-Swedish-born