International Adoption: Bibliography

International Adoption

• Bartholet, E. (1993). International adoption: Current status and future prospects. The Future of Children, 3, 89-103.
• Goldberg, R. (1997). Adopting Romanian children: Making choices, taking risks. Marriage and Family Review, 25, 79-98.
• Gunnar, M. R., Bruce, J., & Grotevant, H. D. (2000). International adoption of institutionally reared children: Research and policy. Development and Psychopathology, 12, 677-693.
• Hollingsworth, L. (2002). Why are so many U. S. families adopting internationally? A social exchange perspective. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 6, 81-97.
• Horksbergen, R. A. C. (1981). Adoption of foreign children in the Netherlands. International Child Welfare Review, 49, 28-37.
• Levy-Shiff, R., Zoran, N., & Shulman, S. (1997). International and domestic adoption: Child, parents, and family adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20, 109-129.
• Serbin, L. A. (1997). Research on international adoption: Implications for developmental theory and social policty. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20, 83-92.
• Trolley, B. C. (1994-5). Grief issues and positive aspects associated with international adoption. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 30, 257-268.
• Trolley, B. C., Wallin, J., & Hansen, J. (1995). International adoption: Issues of acknowledgement of adoption and birth culture. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 12, 465-479.
• Wilkinson, H. (1995). Psycholegal process and issues in international adoption. American Journal of Family Therapy, 23, 173-183.

Behavior and Cognition

• Ames, E. (1997). The development of Romanian orphanage children adopted to Canada. (Final reprot to National Welfare Grants Program: Human Resources Development Canada). Barnaby, British Columbia: Simon Fraser University.
• Boer, F., Versluis-den Bieman, H. J., & Verhulst, F. C. (1994). International adoption of children with siblings: Behavioral outcomes. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 64, 252-262.
• Castle, J, Groothues, C., Bredenkamp, D., Beckett, C., O'Conner, T., Rutter, M., & the E. R. A. Study Team. (1999). Effects of qualities of early institutional care on cognitive attainment. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 69, 424-437.
• Fisher, L, Ames, E. W., Chisholm, K., & Savoie, L. (1997). Problems reported by parents of Romanian orphans adopted to British Columbia. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20, 67-82.
• Groze, V., & Ileana, D. (1996). A follow-up study of adopted children from Romania. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 13, 541-565.
• Hoksbergen, R. A. C. (1997). Turmoil for adoptees during their adolescence? International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20, 33-46.
• Johnson, A. K., & Groze, V. (1993). The orphaned and institutionalized children of Romania. Journal of Emotional and Behavior Problems, 2, 49-52.
• Johnson, D. E. (2002). Adoption and the effect on children's development. Early Human Development, 68, 39-54.
• Marcovitch, S., Goldberg, S., Gold, A., Washington, J., Wasson, C. Dredewish, K. & Handley-Derry, M. (1997). Determinants of behavioral problems in Romanian children adopted in Ontario. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20, 17-31.
• Morison, S. J., Ames, E. W., & Chisholm, K. (1995). The development of children adopted from Romanian orphanages. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 41, 411-431.
• Rutter, M. (1998). Developmental catch-up, and deficit, following adoption after severe global deprivation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 39, 465-476.
• Rutter, M., & the English and Romanian Adoptees (ERA) Study Team. (1998). Developmental catchup and deficit, following adoption after severe global early deprivation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 39, 465-476.
• Rutter, M., Andersen-Wood, L., Beckett, C., Bredenkamp, D., Castle, C., Grootheus, C., Kreppner, J., Keaveney, L., Lord, C., & O'Connor, T. G. (1999). Quasi-autistic patterns following severe global privation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40, 537-549.
• Verhulst, F., Althaus, M., & Versluis-Den Bieman, H. J. (1990a). Problem behavior in international adoptees: I. An epidemiological study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology, 29(1), 94-103.
• Verhulst, F., Althaus, M., & Versluis-Den Bieman, H. J. (1990b). Problem behavior in international adoptees: II. Age at placement. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology, 29(1), 104-111.
• Verhulst, F., Althaus, M., & Versluis-Den Bieman, H. J. (1992). Damaging backgrounds: Later adjustment problems of international adoptees. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology, 31(3), 518-524.

Neurosciences

• Carlson, M., & Earls, F. (1997). Psychological and neuroendocrinological sequelae of early deprivation institutionalized children in Romania. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 807, 419-428.
• Chugani, H. T., Behen, M. E., Muzik, O., Juhasz, C. Nagy, F., & Chugani, D. C. (2001). Local brain functional activity following early deprivation: A study of postinstitutionalized Romanian orphans. Neuroimage, 14, 1290-1301.
• Gunnar, M. R., Morison, S. J., Chisholm, K., & Schuder, M. (2001). Salivary cortisol levels in children adopted from Romanian orphanages. Development and Psychopathology, 7, 611-628.
• Gunnar, M. R. (2001). Effects of early deprivation. Findings from orphanage-reared infants and children. In C. A. Nelson and M. Luciana (Eds.) Handbook of developmental cognitive neuroscience (pp. 617-629). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Pediatrics

• Albers, L. H., Johnson, D. E., Hostetter, M. K., Iverson, S., & Miller, L. C. (1997). Health of children adopted from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Journal of the American Medical Association, 278, 922-924.
• Benoit, T. C., Jocelyn, L. J., Moddeman, D. M., & Embree, J. E. (1996). Romanian adoption: The Manitoba experience. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 150, 1278-1282.
• Franks, D. A., Klass, P. E., Earls, F., & Eisenberg, L. (1996). Infants and young children from orphanages: One view from pediatrics and child psychiatry. Pediatrics, 97, 569-578.
• Hostetter, M. K., Iverson, S., Thomas, W., McKenzie, D., Dole, K., & Johnson, D. E. (1991). Medical evaluation of internationally adopted children. New England Journal of Medicine, 325, 479-485.
• Johnson, D. E., Miller, L., Iverson, S., Thomas, W., Franchino, B., Dole, K. Kiernan, M., Georgieff, M. K., & Hostetter, M. K. (1992). The health of children adopted from Romania. Journal of the American Medical Association, 268, 3446-3451.
• Johnson, D. E. (2000). Medical and developmental sequelae of early childhood institutionalization in Eastern European countries. In C. A. Nelson (Ed.), The effects of early adversity on neurobehavioral development. Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, 31, 113-162.
• Mason, P., & Narad, C. (2002). Growth and pubertal development in internationally adopted children. Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes, 9, 26-31.
• Miller, L. C. (1999). Caring for internationally adopted children. New England Journal of Medicine, 341, 1539-1540.
• Proos, L. A., Hofvander, R., & Turvemo, T. (1991). Menarcheal age and growth pattern of Indian girls adopted in Sweden. Acta Paediatrica Scandinavia, 80, 852-858.

Attachment

• Chisholm, K., Carter, M. C., Ames, E. W., & Morison, S. J. (1995). Attachment security and indiscriminately friendly behavior in children adopted from Romanian orphanages. Development and Psychopathology, 7, 283-294.
• Chisholm, K. (1998). A three year follow-up of attachment and indiscriminate friendliness in children adopted from Romanian orphanages. Child Development, 69, 1092-1106.
• O'Connor, T. G., Bredenkamp, D., & Rutter, M. (1994). Attachment disturbances and disorders in children exposed to early severe deprivation. Infant Mental Health Journal, 20, 10-29.
• Juffer, F. & Rosenboom, L. G. (1997). Infant-mother attachment of internationally adopted children in the Netherlands. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20, 93-107.
• Sabbagh, R. (1995). Attachment and behavior towards strangers in Romanian preschoolers adopted into Canadian families. Unpublished Masters thesis, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Shapiro, V. (2001). International adoption and the formation of new family attachments. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 71, 389-418.
• Zeanah, C. H. (in press). Disturbances of attachment in young children adopted from institutions. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

Communication

• Glennen, S. (2002). Language development and delay in internationally adopted infants and toddlers: A review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11, 333-339.

Sensory Integration

• Cermak, S. A., & Daunhauer, L. A. (1997). Sensory processing in the post-institutionalized child. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 51, 500-507.
• Cermak, S. A. & Groza, V. (1998). Sensory processing problems in post-institutionalized children: Implications for social work. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 15, 5-37.