title: [Good mental health among adopted children from foreign countries].
abstract: All 181 families living in one county in southern Sweden who during the period, 1970-77, adopted children via Adoptionscentrum, the largest adoption agency in Sweden, were invited to take part in a study of mental health and identity development; 152 families (84 percent) accepted, a total of 211 adopted youngsters over 12 years of age thus being included in the study. According to the results of interviews with the parents and self-rating instruments administered to the youngsters, their mental health was good. The results were compared with those of an age-matched group of non-adoptive children who had taken part in an epidemiological study using the same investigative methods. The relevance of family factors and age at adoption is discussed.
authors: Avdelningen för barnoch ungdomspsykiatri, Universitet, Lund.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Cederblad
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Irhammar
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Mercke
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Höök
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden
vernacular_title: God psykisk hälsa hos utländska adoptivbarn.