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IMPACT OF JOINT ATTENTION ON SOCIAL-COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN INTERNATIONALLY ADOPTED CHILDREN.

Stephanie A Moberg¹, Rowena Ng¹, Dana E Johnson¹

¹University of Minnesota.

Infant Mental Health Journal

|August 15, 2017

Summary

Early joint attention (JA) in internationally adopted children predicts later cognitive, communication, and social skills. Assessing JA upon arrival can identify at-risk children for targeted interventions to mitigate early adversity effects.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Developmental Psychology
Child Psychiatry
Adoption Studies

Background:

Internationally adopted (IA) children often face early adversity, increasing risks for developmental deficits.
Joint attention (JA) is crucial for social, cognitive, and communicative development.
Understanding early predictors of development in IA children is vital for timely support.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the association between early joint attention (JA) skills in internationally adopted (IA) children and their subsequent cognitive, communicative, and socioemotional competencies.
To determine if initial JA assessments can predict long-term developmental outcomes 6 months post-adoption.

Main Methods:

Sixty-three internationally adopted children from Eastern Europe were assessed for joint attention (JA) shortly after arrival in the U.S.
Cognitive, communicative, and socioemotional competencies were measured 6 months post-adoption.
Hierarchical regressions analyzed the predictive relationship between JA measures and developmental outcomes, controlling for age at adoption.

Main Results:

Higher-order JA positively correlated with social relatedness.
All assessed JA measures (higher-order, initiating, responding, and behavior requests) independently and positively predicted Mullen Scale outcomes in receptive and expressive language domains, even after accounting for age at adoption.

Conclusions:

Joint attention (JA) serves as a sensitive indicator of subsequent social, communicative, and cognitive functioning in internationally adopted children.
Early assessment of JA can identify IA children at risk.
Interventions focused on enhancing JA may help mitigate the adverse effects of early adversity.