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Beckett, Celia; Castle, Jennifer; Rutter, Michael; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
Whereas metaanalyses of cross-sectional adoption studies have indicated that there is an impact of early deprivation on adoptee's cognitive ability, these effects generally diminish markedly after upbringing in adoptive homes. Outcomes in terms of scholastic attainment were not quite so positive in a cross-sectional metaanalysis, but the Swedish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adoption, Followup Studies, Young Children