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- Title
Parental Satisfaction in the Adoption of Children with Learning Disorders: The Role of Behavior Problems.
- Authors
Nalavany, Blace A.; Glidden, Laraine M.; Ryan, Scott D.
- Abstract
We sought to determine the extent to which children's behavior problems would mediate the relationship between children's learning disorders and adoption satisfaction using nationally representative data from 1,865 adoptive parents. We found that high levels of behavior problems, operationalized as internalizing and externalizing behaviors, occurred more frequently in children with learning disorders, supporting our mediational model. We concluded that it was the behavior problems, not the learning disorders, that were most problematic for parents. Implications for both pre- and postadoption services are highlighted.
- Subjects
BEHAVIOR disorders in children; PARENT-child relationships; INTERPERSONAL relations; ADOPTION; PARENTAL acceptance; INTERNALIZING behavior; PSYCHOLOGY of adopted children
- Publication
Family Relations, 2009, Vol 58, Issue 5, p621
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00579.x