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School adjustment of internationally adopted children in primary school: A mother and teacher approach

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  • Dalen, Monica
  • Theie, Steinar
  • Rygvold, Anne-Lise

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The study examined school adjustment among 119 internationally adopted children in Norway. School adjustment included two main dimensions; school motivation and relationship in school. In the first part of the study, school adjustment was assessed by teachers among adopted and non-adopted children in first and third grade. In the second part, school adjustment assessed by mothers and teachers of adopted children were compared. The findings documented a significant decrease in school motivation from first to third grade among adopted children but not among non-adopted. Among non-adopted children there was a significant decrease in hyperactive behaviour which was not the case for adopted children. Although there were some differences in mothers’ and teachers’ assessments of adopted children, there was a significant decrease in their assessments of school motivation. The same decrease was not found for relationship in school.

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  • Dalen, Monica & Theie, Steinar & Rygvold, Anne-Lise, 2020. "School adjustment of internationally adopted children in primary school: A mother and teacher approach," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:109:y:2020:i:c:s0190740919309971
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104737
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