PMID- 10080964
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990420
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 0009-398X (Print)
IS  - 0009-398X (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 3
DP  - 1999 Spring
TI  - Comparison of Korean-American adoptees and biological children of their adoptive 
      parents: a pilot study.
PG  - 221-8
AB  - 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.
FAU - Kim, W J
AU  - Kim WJ
AD  - Medical College of Ohio, USA.
FAU - Shin, Y J
AU  - Shin YJ
FAU - Carey, M P
AU  - Carey MP
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
JT  - Child psychiatry and human development
JID - 1275332
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adoption/*psychology
MH  - Asian/*psychology
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internal-External Control
MH  - Korea/ethnology
MH  - Male
MH  - Personality Assessment
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - *Sibling Relations
MH  - *Social Adjustment
MH  - United States
EDAT- 1999/03/19 00:00
MHDA- 1999/03/19 00:01
CRDT- 1999/03/19 00:00
PHST- 1999/03/19 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/03/19 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/03/19 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1023/a:1022665024514 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1999 Spring;29(3):221-8. doi: 10.1023/a:1022665024514.