Kim W J, Shin Y J, Carey M P
Medical College of Ohio, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1999 Spring;29(3):221-8. doi: 10.1023/a:1022665024514.
This study compared a small group of Korean-American adoptees with their adoptive siblings who are biological children of the adoptive parents with respect to their psychosocial adjustment. Eighteen Korean-American adoptees were compared with nine biological children by a structured demographic, medical, clinical survey form and the Child Behavior Checklist-Parent Form (CBCL-P). The parents did not raise any more concerns about the adjustment of adopted children than their biological children. On the CBCL-P, the two groups did not differ significantly in competence T-scores, total behavioral problems, broad and T-scores and the total number of problem behaviors except for lower social competence in adopted children and a higher internalization score in biological children. In conclusion, the international adoptees, the Korean-American children have adjusted well during their early childhood after early adoption. Further studies employing a larger sample are warranted to better understand the international adoption practice.
本研究比较了一小群韩裔美国领养儿童与其领养兄弟姐妹（即养父母的亲生孩子）在心理社会适应方面的情况。通过一份结构化的人口统计学、医学、临床调查问卷以及儿童行为清单家长版（CBCL-P），对18名韩裔美国领养儿童和9名亲生孩子进行了比较。与亲生子女相比，父母对领养儿童的适应情况并未表现出更多担忧。在CBCL-P上，两组在能力T分数、总行为问题、宽泛T分数和问题行为总数方面没有显著差异，只是领养儿童的社交能力较低，亲生子女的内化得分较高。总之，作为国际领养儿童，韩裔美国儿童在早期被领养后的幼儿期适应良好。有必要开展进一步的研究，采用更大的样本，以更好地了解国际领养实践。
