As reported by Adoption Institute -
RESEARCH SHOWS CHINESE INFANT ADOPTEES FORM ATTACHMENTS RAPIDLY
A Canadian study of attachment development among 32 adopted Chinese girls (mean age at adoption = 13 months) found that although adoptive mothers reported more inhibited behaviors initially in their infants, after six months, the reported rate was about the same as for mothers in a comparison group of non-adopted infants. "The Emerging Attachment Relationship between Adopted Chinese Infants and their Mothers," by Mirella Pugliese, Nancy Cohen, Fataneh Farnia and Mirek Lojkasek, is in the December issue of Children and Youth Services Review (Volume 32, Issue 12). The study also reported no variability in adopted and non-adopted children's avoidant or resistant behaviors or in maternal nurturing or rejecting behaviors, concluding that the moderate deprivation these infants experienced before adoption did not interfere with their forming new attachments. To access an abstract, go to: http://bit.ly/h3JGkN.
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Im sure that's what their adoptive Mothers think. What choice do the kids have???
ReplyDeleteAnother unscientific study with a tiny group and unrelaible 'evidence'. Who was in the control group? Apples and oranges?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely not true for us. My daughter (adopted from Korea) was very apprehensive and withdrawn when she came to us, understandably. It took her much longer than 6 months to really come out of her shell. Of course, when she had been home for 6 months, we didn't realize how for she still had to go. We thought she was doing GREAT, but now recognize that she was still fairly traumatized. Besides that even when the child feels secure, there are still wounds.
ReplyDeleteVery small study as well.