Fergusson D M, Lynskey M, Horwood L J
Christchurch School of Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1995 May;36(4):597-615. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1995.tb02316.x.
The childhood history and adolescent adjustment of children placed in adoptive, biological two parent and single parent families were examined in a birth cohort of 1265 New Zealand children studied to the age of 16 years. This study suggested that children who entered adoptive families were advantaged throughout childhood in a number of areas including childhood experiences, standards of health care, family material conditions, family stability and mother/child interaction. However, the environmental advantages experienced by children who entered adoptive families were not directly reflected in the pattern of adolescent adjustment of this group. In particular, children placed in adoptive families had rates of externalising behaviours (including conduct disorders, juvenile offending and substance use behaviours) that were significantly higher than children reared in biological two parent families but somewhat lower than those of children who entered single parent families at birth.
对1265名新西兰儿童组成的出生队列进行了研究，这些儿童在16岁前被安置在收养家庭、亲生双亲家庭和单亲家庭中，研究了他们的童年经历和青少年适应情况。这项研究表明，进入收养家庭的儿童在童年的许多方面都具有优势，包括童年经历、医疗保健标准、家庭物质条件、家庭稳定性以及母子互动。然而，进入收养家庭的儿童所经历的环境优势并没有直接反映在该群体青少年适应的模式中。特别是，被安置在收养家庭的儿童出现外化行为（包括品行障碍、青少年犯罪和物质使用行为）的比率明显高于在亲生双亲家庭中抚养的儿童，但略低于出生时进入单亲家庭的儿童。
