Pennsylvania Adoptees Longitudinal Study

宾夕法尼亚州收养者纵向研究

• 批准号: 10025180
• 负责人: Brian J Allen
• 金额: $ 64.94万
• 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/10025180
• 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; emotional functioning; 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 这项研究是对儿童福利所采用的儿童的纵向检查（年龄4-10岁） 确定影响更自适应后采用后发展的系统，特别是在 自我调节的关键能力。这项研究的主要目的是评估因素在 房屋，特别是亲子关系和宠物所有权。具体目的是：（1）在样本中 285名从儿童福利系统中收养的儿童，检验了宠物所有权与 在一年之内评估时，儿童的同时自我调节能力和亲子关系 采用。在从儿童福利系统中收养的300名儿童样本中，检验了PET的假设 所有权与孩子在时间1的同时与主要照顾者的并发关系有关，（2）测试 宠物所有权（包括与宠物的关系质量）在时间1上产生积极影响的假设 自我调节和亲子关系的增长，如时间1后12个月（即时间2）和 （3）检查目标1和2中确定的关联是否由已确定的候选主持人调节， 例如孩子的年龄或性别，孩子在家庭中的时间长度以及 宠物在家里。评估程序是多方法和多重培养基，包括目标报告 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， 和心理生理学评估通过心电图。发展的研究问题以及 所采用的评估策略来自依恋理论和发展心理病理学 框架允许将发现集成到更大的发展研究中。数据将是 从宾夕法尼亚州联邦的儿童和父母那里收集，招募将发生在 与英联邦儿童和青年服务办公室合作。所有数据收集将在 家庭的房屋改善参与和保留，并更好地了解 家庭的家庭生活。这项研究的结果将为宠物在儿童中的作用的未来研究提供信息 开发以及提供有关如何改善从 儿童福利系统。