Mental Health in Internationally Adopted Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis
Askeland KG, Hysing M, La Greca AM. JAACAP (2017). Volume 56, Issue 3, Pages 203–213.e1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.12.009
This meta-analysis of 11 studies involving over 17,919 adoptees and 1,090,289 non-adopted peers found that although most were well-adjusted, internationally adopted adolescents were at greater risk of externalising, but not internalising mental health problems than their non-adopted peers. The incidence of problems was greater when assessed using parent report compared with self-report.