Department of Health and Clinical Psychology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
Attach Hum Dev. 2012;14(4):405-23. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2012.691656.
Internationally adopted children seem to be more likely to show ADHD-like symptoms than non-adopted children. The aims of this study were to explore the existence of ADHD-like symptoms and/or diagnosis in a sample of internationally adopted children depending on their country of origin and to describe the links that may exist between the display of these symptoms and observed narrative-based attachment patterns. A Catalan sample of 58 adopted children aged 7-8 (24 from Eastern Europe, 23 from China, and 11 from Ethiopia) was assessed with the Behavioral Assessment System for Children to identify ADHD-like symptoms, and the Friends and Family Interview to identify children's' attachment patterns. Results indicated that children adopted from Eastern Europe showed a trend toward more hyperactivity and significantly more attention problems than girls adopted from China. Children with a secure attachment showed significantly less attention problems and a trend toward less hyperactivity. More studies focusing on the etiology and treatment of these symptoms in adopted children are needed.
国际收养儿童似乎比非收养儿童更容易表现出类似 ADHD 的症状。本研究的目的是探讨在一个国际收养儿童样本中，根据其原籍国是否存在类似 ADHD 的症状和/或诊断，并描述这些症状的表现与观察到的基于叙述的依恋模式之间可能存在的联系。采用儿童行为评估系统对 58 名 7-8 岁的收养儿童（24 名来自东欧，23 名来自中国，11 名来自埃塞俄比亚）进行评估，以确定是否存在类似 ADHD 的症状，并采用朋友和家庭访谈来确定儿童的依恋模式。结果表明，来自东欧的收养儿童比来自中国的收养女孩表现出多动和注意力问题的趋势更为明显。具有安全依恋关系的儿童表现出明显较少的注意力问题和多动的趋势。需要更多的研究来关注这些在收养儿童中出现的症状的病因和治疗。
