Outcome of adopted Vietnamese children. Beneficial effects of a normal home environment on 36 children.
Thirty-six adopted Vietnamese children were evaluated physically and developmentally from four months to ten years after their adoption. All of the children had experienced early months of malnutrition, disease and deprivation. Many of the children were adopted before their first birthdays and received continuous, adequate care from invested families. Only two children had intelligence quotients less than 85 on the Slosson Test. Though physical abnormalities such as residuals of poliomyelitis, ear infections, and soft neurologic signs existed, no child was incapacitated by these conditions. From the data available in the study, developmental outcomes could not be adequately predicted on the basis of unknown genetics, early malnutrition, or early deprivation.
D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States; D014744:Vietnam