Child Welfare and Adoption

TopicLeading institutions, researchers & key papers

Child Welfare and Adoption is a topic indexed in PICO Portal from OpenAlex.

What is known about Child Welfare and Adoption?

PICO Portalrecord summary

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.

How many works does Child Welfare and Adoption have?

PICO Portalindexed works

Child Welfare and Adoption has 132 works in the PICO Portal index. The count is the OpenAlex total, not the number of papers listed on this page.

See the works listed for Child Welfare and Adoption →

What is the OpenAlex record for Child Welfare and Adoption?

PICO Portalopenalex

The OpenAlex for Child Welfare and Adoption is on the source record.

Open the OpenAlex →

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

PICO Portalmost 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

Developmental Science. 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

PDXScholar (Portland State University). 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

European Psychologist. 2007666 Citations