Bullying Among International Adoptees: Testing Risks and Protective Factors

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 930-951
Author(s):  
Eveliina Holmgren ◽  
Hanna Raaska ◽  
Helena Lapinleimu ◽  
Marko Elovainio
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Adoptive Family ◽  
International Adoptees ◽  
Internationally Adopted Children ◽  
Bullying Experiences

This study examined the risks and protective factors for experiencing bullying and especially racist bullying among internationally adopted children in Finland. Factors examined were related to children's background, adoptive family, children's social problems and social skills, and their associations with bullying experiences. About 56.9% of children reported bullying victimization and 24.2% racist bullying victimization. Boys were at bigger risk of becoming bullied (B = 0.14, p < .05), as were children with disability (B = 0.11; p < .05). The continent of birth (European; B = 0.51; p < .001) and adoptive family's lower socioeconomic status (SES; B = 0.16; p < .05) were associated with increased victimization. Child's social problems increased the likelihood of victimization for both general (B = 0.59, p < .001) and racist bullying (B = 0.10, p < .001). Child's social skills appeared as a protective factor against general bullying (B = 3.87; p > .001). This study shows that interventions for tackling children's social problems and improving their social skills may reduce children's risk for bullying involvement.

Rehabilitation and Remediation of Internationally Adopted Children

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Gindis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Remedial Education ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
International Adoptees ◽  
The Social ◽  
Internationally Adopted Children

This book presents specific methods for the physical rehabilitation, mental health restoration, and academic remediation of post-institutionalized international adoptees. The focus of the book is on the neurological, psychological, and educational consequences of complex childhood trauma in the context of a fundamental change in the social situation of development of former orphanage residents. A discussion of after-adoption traumatic experiences includes a critique of certain “conventional” approaches to the treatment of mental health issues and different disabilities in international adoptees. Using his 30-year background in research and clinical practice, the author expertly describes and analyses a range of methodologies in order to provide an integrated and practical system of “scaffolding” and “compensation” for the successful rehabilitation and remediation of children with ongoing traumatic experiences. This is essential reading for researchers and practicing clinicians concerned with childhood trauma, remedial education, and issues of international adoption.

Dominant-language replacement: The case of international adoptees

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENNETH HYLTENSTAM ◽  
EMANUEL BYLUND ◽  
NICLAS ABRAHAMSSON ◽  
HYEON-SOOK PARK
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Total Loss ◽  
Theoretical Interpretation ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
L1 Attrition ◽  
The Neural Network ◽  
International Adoptees ◽  
Internationally Adopted Children ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
Ultimate Attainment

This article challenges a recent proposal for the theoretical interpretation of L1 and L2 interaction that results from the abrupt change of language environment in internationally adopted children. According to this proposal (Pallier, Dehaene, Poline, LeBihan, Argenti, Depoux and Mehler, 2003; Ventureyra, Pallier and Yoo, 2004), such children experience a total loss of their L1, while, as adults, they exhibit a nativelike ultimate attainment of their L2. These authors suggest that what they see as a total loss of L1 allows a resetting of the neural network that normally subserves L1 retention and hence permits a complete acquisition of the L2. Data from two of our own research projects, one on L1 remnants in Korean adoptees in Sweden (see Park, forthcoming), and the other on age of acquisition and ultimate L2 attainment of Swedish (see Abrahamsson and Hyltenstam, in press), which included data from Latin American adoptees in Sweden among other participants, suggest (i) that L1 remnants are indeed maintained, (ii) that L2 attainment isnotenhanced by severe L1 attrition, and (iii) that there is an age dimension to both the degree of L1 attrition and the level of L2 ultimate attainment in international adoptees. We therefore contend that a maturational interpretation of language replacement data is preferable.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of "Psychosocial Strengthening Program" on Risk and Protective Factors of Drug Use and Increasing of Psychological Health among High Risk Adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 150-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahram Mohamadkhani ◽  
Farid Asyabani
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Risk And Protective Factors ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cluster Sampling

In the present research Effectiveness of "Psychosocial Strengthening Program" On Risk and Protective Factors of drug use and increasing of psychological health among high risk Adolescents has been investigated. The considering sample in the research was 30 students of first grade of Sanandaj's guidance school who has been selected by multi-stages cluster sampling method and were replaced in two groups of experiment (n=15) and control (n=15). The experiment group students attended in Psychosocial Strengthening Program training sessions but the control group students didn’t so. Two groups were compared through using Risk and Protective Factors of drug use questionnaire and psychological healthy questionnaire based on covariance analyze statistic test.The present research findings show that there is a meaning full difference between the student's attitude high risk related to drug us, social skills, self-controlling skills and psychological health before and after Psychosocial Strengthening Program training. The statistical analyzes show that Psychosocial Strengthening Program training has been effective on the positive attitude toward drug use. Low social skills and low self-controlling skills as the drug us risky factors and psychological health. Therefore it seems this program as a protective factor causes drug us decreasing and psychological health increasing among high risk Adolescents in coming years.

In Reply: Internationally Adopted Children and Cytomegalovirus

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 937-938
Author(s):  
MARGARET K. HOSTETFER
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
North American ◽  
Prospective Analysis ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
International Adoptees ◽  
Internationally Adopted Children ◽  
Internationally Adopted

The prevalence of cytomegalovirus excretion in internationally adopted children was unknown before our prospective study, in which 23% of international adoptees were found to be actively shedding cytomegalovirus at the time of examination. This figure has remained constant in our subsequent prospective analysis of an additional 100 internationally adopted children. Drs Barton and Friedman are correct in that approximately 45% of North American women of childbearing age in middle and upper income groups are not immune to cytomegalovirus.

Adoption with complications: Conversations with adoptees and adoptive parents on everyday racism and ethnic identity

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina Tigervall ◽  
Tobias Hübinette
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Adult Adoptees ◽  
International Adoptees ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Internationally Adopted Children ◽  
Adoption Research ◽  
And Coping

This study is based on qualitative interviews with 20 adult international adoptees of colour and eight adoptive parents with internationally adopted children in Sweden regarding their experiences of racialization, ethnic identifications and coping strategies. The findings suggest that the non-white bodies of the adoptees are constantly made significant in their everyday lives in interactions with the white Swedish majority population, whether expressed as ‘curious questions’ concerning the ethnic origin of the adoptees or as outright aggressive racialization. The study argues that race has to be taken into consideration by Swedish adoption research and the Swedish adoption community, to be able to fully grasp the high preponderance of psychic ill health among adult adoptees as found by quantitative adoption research.

scholarly journals Intestinal parasites may be associated with later behavioral problems in internationally adopted children

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0245786
Author(s):  
Anna-Riitta Heikkilä ◽  
Marko Elovainio ◽  
Hanna Raaska ◽  
Jaakko Matomäki ◽  
Jari Sinkkonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Intestinal Parasite ◽  
Intestinal Parasites ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
International Adoptees ◽  
Internationally Adopted Children ◽  
Parasite Infections ◽  
Internationally Adopted

Aim At arrival in new home country, internationally adopted children often have intestinal parasites. International adoptees also exhibit more behavioral problems than their biological peers. We examined whether intestinal parasite infections in international adoptees on arrival in Finland are associated with their later behavioral and emotional problems. Methods Data for this study were sourced from the Finnish Adoption Study (FinAdo) based on parental questionnaires for all internationally adopted children under 18 years (n = 1450) who arrived in Finland from 1985 to 2007. A total of 1293 families provided sufficient information on the adoptee’s background, parasitic status on arrival, and behavioral symptoms at the median time of 5 years after arrival (mean age = 7.8 years). Behavioral and emotional disorders were evaluated with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Statistical analyses were conducted using linear regression. Results Of the 1293 families, parents of 206 adoptive children reported intestinal parasites in their adopted children on arrival. Parasite-infected children had subsequently higher CBCL problem scores than the children without parasites (p < 0.001). The association between intestinal parasites and later behavioral problems was stronger than that between intestinal parasites and any other factors measured in this study, except disability. Limitations The control group was naturally provided by the adopted children without parasite infections, but we could not compare the adopted children to non-adopted children without a defined parasite infection. We were unable to specify the effects associated with a specific parasite type. It was not possible either to include multiple environmental factors that could have been associated with behavioral problems in the models, which indicated only modest explanatory values. Conclusions In this study, intestinal parasite infections in early childhood may be associated with children’s later psychological wellbeing, even in children who move to a country with a low prevalence of parasites. Our findings may support further developments pertaining to the gut-brain theory.

Children's Nonword Repetition Tasks and English Language Learners

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Sara C. Steele ◽  
Deborah A. Hwa-Froelich
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
English Language ◽  
Nonword Repetition ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Bilingual Speakers ◽  
Internationally Adopted Children ◽  
English Speaking

Nonword repetition performance has been shown to differentiate monolingual English-speaking children with language impairment (LI) from typically developing children. These tasks have been administered to monolingual speakers of different languages and to simultaneous and sequential bilingual English Language Learners (ELLs) with mixed results. This article includes a review of the nonword repetition performance of monolingual and bilingual speakers and of internationally adopted children. Clinical implications for administration and interpretation of nonword repetition task outcomes are included.

HARGA DIRI REMAJA DAN POLA ASUH ORANGTUA SEBAGAI FAKTOR PROTEKTIF IDE BUNUH DIRI

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-310
Author(s):  
Nirmala Fajar Pertiwi ◽  
Ice Yulia Wardani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Emotional Instability

Remaja yang tidak mampu menghadapi tekanan akan membawanya pada ketidakstabilan emosional dan cenderung melakukan berbagai perilaku berbahaya hingga bunuh diri. Bunuh diri memiliki faktor protektif berupa harga diri tinggi karena dapat memberikan kualitas psikologis positif. Faktor protektif ide bunuh diri lainnya yaitu pola asuh yang seimbang antara dimensi penerimaan dan pengendalian atau disebut pola asuh otoritatif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan harga diri dan pola asuh orangtua dengan ide bunuh diri pada remaja SMA. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan deskriptif korelatif dan pendekatan secara chross-sectional. Penelitian ini memiliki responden sejumlah 322 remaja di SMA yang dipilih dengan teknik proportional random sampling. Terdapat hubungan yang kuat dan arah negatifantara harga diri dengan ide bunuh diri dengan koefisien korelasi -0,876, yang berarti bahwa semakin rendah harga diri yang dimiliki remaja maka semakin tinggi ide bunuh diri. Terdapat hubungan dengan kekuatan sedangdan arah negatif antara pola asuh orangtua dengan ide bunuh diri dengan koefisien korelasi -0,365, artinya apabila pola asuh orangtua mengarah pada otoritatif maka ide bunuh diri akan semakin rendah, dan sebaliknya apabila pola asuh orangtua mengarah pada otoritarian maka ide bunuh diri akan semakin tinggi. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat meningkatkan intervensi keperawatan jiwa dalammengidentifikasi ide bunuh diri pada remaja, serta meningkatkan wawasan remaja dan guru terkait faktor protektif ide bunuh diri.   Kata kunci: faktor proteksi, harga diri,ide bunuh diri,dan pola asuh orangtua   SELF-SELF-PRICE AND PARENT'S PATTERN AS SELF-KILLING IDEAS PROTECTIVE FACTORS   ABSTRACT Teenagers who do not cope well under pressure will lead them to emotional instability and tend to perform a variety of malicious behavior or commit to suicide. Suicidial Ideation has protective factor such as high self esteem, because it can provide positive psychological qualities.Other protective factor is parenting style that contain balance between the dimensions of acceptance and control, also called authoritative. This study aims to determine the relationship of self-esteem and parenting Stylewith Suicidial Ideation in high school adolescents. This study used descriptive correlative and cross-sectional approach. This study has a number of 322 respondents, that are high school adolescents selected by proportional random sampling technique. There is strong relationshipwith negative directionbetween self-esteem with suicidal ideationand the correlation coefficient is -0,876, which means that the if adolescent’s self-esteem is lower so suicidal ideation will be higher. There is moderate relationshipwith negative direction between parenting style with suicidal ideation and the correlation coefficient is -0,365, which means that if parenting style is authoritative so suicidal ideation will be lower, and if parenting style is authoritarian so suicidal ideation will be higher.This study can be used to improve nursing intervention in identify suicidal ideation, and also to improve teenager’s and teacher’s knowledge about protective factors of suicidal ideation.   Keywords: parenting style, protective factor,self-esteem and suicidal ideation

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