by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022
The Early Growth and Development Study (EGDS) is a longitudinal study of birth parents and adoptive families recruited from domestic U.S. adoption agencies across the United States beginning in 2002. The EGDS demonstrates many benefits of the adoption design,...
by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022
While fertility problems have a negative impact on psychological health, infertile couples often view adoption as a positive healing experience. Yet, a dearth of work has examined the long-term impact that fertility problems have on adoptive parents and their...
by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022
Background: Risk for obesity and associated lifelong health consequences begins early in life. Previous research highlights the importance of genetic and environmental contributions to obesity risk, however most studies involve related children reared together....
by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022
Although genetic factors may contribute to initial liability for ADHD onset, there is growing evidence of the potential importance of the rearing environment on the developmental course of ADHD symptomatology. However, associations between family-level variables...
by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022
Objective: Mothers are known to be reliable reporters of smoking during pregnancy, type of delivery, and birth weight when compared to medical records. Few studies have considered whether the timing of retrospective collection impacts the mother’s retrospective...