Behavior problems and mental health referrals of international adoptees: a meta-analysis.

By F. Juffer, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2005

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Mothers, Fathers, Families, and Circumstances: Factors Affecting Children's Adjustment (2012, background): “…account, children adopted early in life are as likely to be well-adjusted as biological children (Golombok et al., 2006; Grotevant et al., 2005; Juffer & van IJzendoorn, 2005, 2007; Owen & Golombok, 2009), even when the trans-racial nature of the adoption makes the lack of biological…”
Review: Adoption research: Trends, topics, outcomes (2010, background): “Although adoptee–nonadoptee differences in adjustment appear to be a reasonably consistent and valid finding, Juffer and IJzendoorn (2005) also reported that, in fact, the group differences actually are relatively small in magnitude, with effect sizes generally in the small to moderate range; the…”
Children's Understanding of Adoption: Developmental and Clinical Implications (2011, background): “Adopted children are overrepresented in mental health settings and display higher levels of both externalizing and internalizing symptoms, as well as learning problems, than do their non-adopted peers (Juffer & van IJzendoorn, 2005; Keyes, Sharma, Elkins, Iacono, & McGue, 2008).”