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Peer reviewedMorison, Sara J.; Ellwood, Ann-Louise – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2000
Examined cognitive development in children adopted after at least eight months in a Romanian orphanage, and evaluated the influence of a stable adoptive family and home environment on their development. Found that subjects scored lower than comparison group of nonadopted, never institutionalized children on all cognitive measures, and on most…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, Cognitive Development
