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Portello, Jacqueline Y. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1993
Reviews literature on attachment process between adopted children and their mothers. Explains empirical research in relation to Bowlby's theoretical formulation of attachment, basic thesis of which is that infants develop affectional bonds at specific ages of their development and, therefore, child's age at time of adoption is important…
Descriptors: Adoption, Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Foreign Countries
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Le Mare, Lucy; Audet, Karyn; Kurytnik, Karen – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
Post-adoption service use and unmet service needs were examined longitudinally in three matched groups of children: children adopted from Romanian orphanages following a minimum of eight months' institutional experience (RO: n = 36); children from Romania who were destined for orphanages but were adopted early in infancy (EA: n = 25); and Canadian…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Foreign Countries, Adoption, Longitudinal Studies