Child Welfare and Adoption

TopicLeading institutions, researchers & key papers

This cluster of papers focuses on the mental health, developmental trajectories, attachment, and transition to adulthood of children and youths in the foster care and child welfare system. It covers topics such as the impact of institutionalization, effects of early deprivation, behavior problems, intervention strategies, and outcomes for youth aging out of foster care.

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Works

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How has Child Welfare and Adoption's publication output changed over time?

ScholarIQpublication output · 2002–2016

Output grew0% over the shown period — from 1 works in 2002 to 1 in 2016.

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What are the most-cited papers on Child Welfare and Adoption?

ScholarIQmost cited works

Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project

Charles A. Nelson, Charles H. Zeanah, Nathan A. Fox, Peter J. Marshall, Anna T. Smyke, Donald Guthrie

Science. 2007961 Citations

Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation

Nim Tottenham, Todd A. Hare, Brian Quinn, Thomas McCarry, Marcella Nurse, Tara Gilhooly, Alexander J. Millner, Adriana Galván, Matthew C. Davidson, Inge‐Marie Eigsti, Kathleen M. Thomas, Peter Freed, Elizabeth S. Booma, Megan R. Gunnar, Margaret Altemus, Jane Aronson, B.J. Casey

S154906575. 2009908 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: outcomes at age 19

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, Gretchen Ruth, Thomas E. Keller, Judy Havlicek, Noel S. Bost

S4377196300. 2005788 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

Foster youth transitions to adulthood: a longitudinal view of youth leaving care.

Mark E. Courtney, Irving Piliavin, Andrew Grogan‐Kaylor, Andrea A. Nesmith

PubMed. 2002694 Citations

Genes and behavior: Nature-nurture interplay explained

Richard J. Rose, Michael Rutter

S96839988. 2007666 Citations