Adjustment of adolescent adoptees: The role of age of adoption and exposure to pre-adoption stressors

Ilana Gleitman; Riki Savaya

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.11.020

Adjustment of adolescent adoptees: The role of age of adoption and exposure to pre-adoption stressors

Ilana Gleitman
, Riki Savaya^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Social Work

Ministry of Social Affairs Israel

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Abstract

This study on 169 adolescents in Israel who were adopted between birth and nine years old examined whether and how their adjustment was affected by their age of adoption and the pre-adoption stressors they had experienced. The study participants reported moderately close relations and open communication with their parents, along with age appropriate peer orientation; high self-esteem; low levels of problem behaviors (as assessed by the Youth Self Report) and very low use of addictive substances and school dropout rates compared to the average in Israel. The findings showed no association between any of the outcomes assessed and either age of adoption or pre-adoption stressors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	758-766
Number of pages	9
Journal	Children and Youth Services Review
Volume	33
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.11.020
State	Published - May 2011

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Israel National Insurance Institute

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SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Adjustment
Adopted adolescences
Age of adoption
Functioning
Pre-adoption stressors

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