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Depressive Symptoms in Mothers of Recently Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Depressive Symptoms in Mothers of Recently Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children To determine whether depressive symptoms are elevated within months of adoption, we compared women who had recently adopted a toddler from an overseas orphanage to women with children of the same age who adopted more than a year before or were raising a child they birthed. The groups did not differ significantly in means or in percentage with elevated symptoms (Session 1, χ2(2) = 2.5, ns; Session 2, χ2(2) = 1.38, ns). The results provided no evidence of elevated symptoms in the first months following adoption for women who adopted internationally relative to other women with toddler-aged children. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

Depressive Symptoms in Mothers of Recently Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Nguyen, Diem Julie; Gunnar, Megan R.
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 17 (4): 14 – Oct 2, 2014
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Depressive Symptoms in Mothers of Recently Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Abstract

To determine whether depressive symptoms are elevated within months of adoption, we compared women who had recently adopted a toddler from an overseas orphanage to women with children of the same age who adopted more than a year before or were raising a child they birthed. The groups did not differ significantly in means or in percentage with elevated symptoms (Session 1, χ2(2) = 2.5, ns; Session 2, χ2(2) = 1.38, ns). The results provided no evidence of elevated...
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Taylor & Francis
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1544-452X
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10.1080/10926755.2014.895464
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Abstract

To determine whether depressive symptoms are elevated within months of adoption, we compared women who had recently adopted a toddler from an overseas orphanage to women with children of the same age who adopted more than a year before or were raising a child they birthed. The groups did not differ significantly in means or in percentage with elevated symptoms (Session 1, χ2(2) = 2.5, ns; Session 2, χ2(2) = 1.38, ns). The results provided no evidence of elevated symptoms in the first months following adoption for women who adopted internationally relative to other women with toddler-aged children.

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Adoption Quarterly – Taylor & Francis

Published: Oct 2, 2014

Keywords: adoption; adoptive mothers; depression; international adoption

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