Pennsylvania Adoptees Longitudinal Study

宾夕法尼亚州收养者纵向研究

• 批准号: 9903700
• 负责人: Brian J Allen
• 金额: $ 65.03万
• 依托单位: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-30 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9903700
• 关键词: Academic achievement; Accounting; Address; Adoption; Age; Alcohol or Other Drugs use; Area; Behavioral; Child; Child Development; Child Welfare; Conflict (Psychology); Data; Data Collection; Development; Electrocardiogram; Emotional; Emotions; Family; Gender; Goals; Growth; Home environment; Hydrocortisone; Informal Social Control; Interview; Length; Life; Light; Literature; Longitudinal Studies; Measures; Methods; Outcome; Ownership; Parent-Child Relations; Parents; Pattern; Pennsylvania; Performance; Problem behavior; Procedures; Process; Psychopathology; Psychophysiology; Questionnaires; Recommendation; Recovery; Regulation; Reporter; Reporting; Research; Role; Sampling; Services; Sinus Arrhythmia; Structure; System; Testing; Time; adopted child; base; cognitive function; high risk sexual behavior; improved; improved outcome; insight; longitudinal design; pet animal; primary caregiver; prospective; recruit; respiratory; response; suicidal behavior; theories

Abstract This study is a longitudinal examination of children (ages 4 – 10 at initiation) adopted from the child welfare system to determine those factors that influence more adaptive post-adoption development, particularly in the critical capacity of self-regulation. A primary goal of this study is to evaluate the formative influence of factors in the home, specifically the parent-child relationship and pet ownership. The specific aims are: (1) In a sample of 285 children adopted from the child welfare system, test the hypothesis that pet ownership is related to the child's concurrent self-regulation abilities and parent-child relationship when assessed within a year of the adoption. in a sample of 300 children adopted from the child welfare system, test the hypothesis that pet ownership is related to the child's concurrent relationship with a primary caregiver at Time 1, (2) test the hypothesis that pet ownership, including quality of relationship with a pet, at Time 1 positively influences growth in self-regulation and parent-child relationship as assessed 12 months after Time 1 (i.e., Time 2), and (3) examine whether associations identified in Aims 1 and 2 are moderated by identified candidate moderators, such as the age or gender of the child, the child's length of time in the home, and the number and species of pets in the home. Assessment procedures are multi-method and multi-reporter and include objective report questionnaires, performance-based tasks, interviews, structured direct observations, diurnal cortisol patterns, and psychophysiological assessment via an electrocardiogram. The research questions developed and the assessment strategy employed are derived from attachment theory and a developmental psychopathology framework to allow integration of the findings into the larger corpus of developmental research. Data will be collected from children and parents across the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and recruitment will occur in partnership with the commonwealth's office of Children and Youth Services. All data collection will be done in the families' homes to improve participation and retention, as well as to gain a better understanding of the home-life of the families. Results of this study will inform future research on the role of pets in child development as well as provide recommendations on how to improve outcomes for children adopted from the child welfare system.

抽象的 本研究对从儿童福利院收养的儿童（开始时年龄为 4 至 10 岁）进行了纵向调查 系统来确定那些影响更具适应性的收养后发展的因素，特别是在 自我调节的关键能力 本研究的一个主要目标是评估因素的形成影响。 家庭，特别是亲子关系和宠物所有权的具体目标是： (1) 在样本中。 285名从儿童福利系统收养的儿童，检验了养宠物与养宠物有关的假设 一年内评估孩子同时的自我调节能力和亲子关系 收养 在从儿童福利系统收养的 300 名儿童的样本中，检验宠物的假设。 所有权与孩子在时间 1 时与主要照顾者的同时关系有关，(2) 测试 假设养宠物，包括与宠物的关系质量，在时间 1 产生积极影响 在时间 1（即时间 2）后 12 个月评估的自我调节和亲子关系的成长，以及 (3) 检查目标 1 和 2 中确定的协会是否由确定的候选主持人进行调节， 例如孩子的年龄或性别、孩子在家的时间长短以及孩子的数量和种类 评估程序采用多种方法和多种报告者，包括客观报告。 问卷、基于绩效的任务、访谈、结构化直接观察、昼夜皮质醇模式、 通过心电图进行心理生理学评估。 所采用的评估策略源自依恋理论和发展精神病理学 框架，以便将研究结果整合到更大的发展研究数据中。 从宾夕法尼亚州各地的儿童和家长那里收集，招募将在 与英联邦儿童和青少年服务办公室合作所有数据收集将在 家庭的家中，以提高参与度和保留率，并更好地了解 这项研究的结果将为未来关于宠物对儿童的作用的研究提供信息。 发展，并就如何改善收养儿童的结局提供建议 儿童福利体系。