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Access Type
WSU Access
Date of Award
January 2024
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Educational Leadership and Policy
First Advisor
Francesca Pernice
Abstract
ABSTRACT
DEPRIVATION SPECIFIC AND NEUROCOGNITIVE CORRELATES OF CHILDRENWITH HISTORIES OF EARLY DEPRIVATION AND ATYPICAL SOCIAL COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS
by
MARISA L. PALANCE
December 2023
Advisor: Dr. Francesca Pernice, Ph.D.Major: Educational Psychology Degree: Doctor of Philosophy The present study evaluated the effects of early deprivation on the neurocognitive and social outcomes of 137 children raised from birth in institutional settings and internationally adopted into the United States. Adoption from South/East Asia was associated with lower levels of atypical social behavior and higher levels of neurocognitive performance compared to children adopted from Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Children adopted from Eastern Europe consistently displayed higher levels of withdrawn and atypical behavior, as well as reduced performance across cognitive, language, executive functioning, academic underachievement, executive functioning, and visual motor tasks. Higher levels of atypicality were also associated with longer durations of institutionalization and longer time in the adoptive home, academic underachievement in reading and math, and weaker receptive language abilities. Other cognitive factors and parental education level were not significant predictors of atypicality.
Recommended Citation
Palance, Marisa, "Deprivation Specific And Neurocognitive Correlates Of Children With Histories Of Early Deprivation And Atypical Social Communication Problems" (2024). Wayne State University Dissertations. 3977.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/3977
