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Species | Femmie JufferSummaryAffiliation: Leiden University Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Adoptees do not lack self-esteem: a meta-analysis of studies on self-esteem of transracial, international, and domestic adopteesFemmie Juffer
Leiden University, Centre for Child and Family Studies, Ther Netherlands
Psychol Bull 133:1067-83. 2007..The authors' findings may be explained by adoptees' resilience to overcome early adversity, supported by the large investment of adoptive families. Adoption can be seen as an effective intervention, leading to normative self-esteem...- Adopted children's problem behavior is significantly related to their ego resiliency, ego control, and sociometric statusFemmie Juffer
Leiden University, Center for Child and Family Studies, The Netherlands
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 45:697-706. 2004..Many studies have documented that adopted children are at higher risk for behavior problems, but less is known about the correlates of their problem behavior... - The importance of parenting in the development of disorganized attachment: evidence from a preventive intervention study in adoptive familiesFemmie Juffer
Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 46:263-74. 2005..As infant disorganized attachment is a serious risk factor for later child psychopathology, it is important to examine whether attachment disorganization can be prevented or reduced... - Behavior problems and mental health referrals of international adoptees: a meta-analysisFemmie Juffer
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
JAMA 293:2501-15. 2005..Before adoption, international adoptees often experience insufficient medical care, malnutrition, maternal separation, and neglect and abuse in orphanages... - Effects of an attachment-based intervention on daily cortisol moderated by dopamine receptor D4: a randomized control trial on 1- to 3-year-olds screened for externalizing behaviorMarian J Bakermans-Kranenburg
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Dev Psychopathol 20:805-20. 2008..Our findings indicate that children are differentially susceptible to intervention effects dependent on the presence of the 7-repeat DRD4 allele... - Differential susceptibility to discipline: the moderating effect of child temperament on the association between maternal discipline and early childhood externalizing problemsJantien Van Zeijl
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
J Fam Psychol 21:626-36. 2007..These findings provide empirical evidence for the differential susceptibility hypothesis and suggest directions for enhancing the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing early childhood externalizing problems... - The early childhood aggression curve: development of physical aggression in 10- to 50-month-old childrenLenneke R A Alink
Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Child Dev 77:954-66. 2006..At the ages of 24 and 36 months, boys were more aggressive than girls. The results confirm and extend R.E. Tremblay's (2004) hypothesis about the early development of physical aggression... - Effects of perinatal HIV infection and early institutional rearing on physical and cognitive development of children in UkraineNatasha A Dobrova-Krol
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Child Dev 81:237-51. 2010..The impact of the quality of child care on physical and cognitive development is discussed in light of future interventions... - Observation of early childhood physical aggression: a psychometric study of the system for coding early physical aggressionJudi Mesman
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Aggress Behav 34:539-52. 2008..The observational measure shows promise, but may have assessed state rather than trait aggression in our study... - The importance of quality of care: effects of perinatal HIV infection and early institutional rearing on preschoolers' attachment and indiscriminate friendlinessNatasha A Dobrova-Krol
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51:1368-76. 2010.... - Predicting growth curves of early childhood externalizing problems: differential susceptibility of children with difficult temperamentJudi Mesman
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, PO Box 9555, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:625-36. 2009.... - Infants' physical and cognitive development after international adoption from foster care or institutions in ChinaLinda van den Dries
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Dev Behav Pediatr 31:144-50. 2010..To compare the physical, cognitive, and motor development of infants adopted from foster care with infants adopted from institutions... - Infants' responsiveness, attachment, and indiscriminate friendliness after international adoption from institutions or foster care in China: application of Emotional Availability Scales to adoptive familiesLinda van den Dries
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Dev Psychopathol 24:49-64. 2012.... - Experimental evidence for differential susceptibility: dopamine D4 receptor polymorphism (DRD4 VNTR) moderates intervention effects on toddlers' externalizing behavior in a randomized controlled trialMarian J Bakermans-Kranenburg
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, P O Box 9555, NL 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands
Dev Psychol 44:293-300. 2008..The findings of this first experimental test of (measured) gene by (observed) environment interaction in human development indicate that children may be differentially susceptible to intervention effects depending on genetic differences... - Social development from infancy to adolescence: longitudinal and concurrent factors in an adoption sampleNicole Jaffari-Bimmel
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Dev Psychol 42:1143-53. 2006..Adaptation emerged as the product of both developmental history and current circumstances... - The Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture 2006: adoption as intervention. Meta-analytic evidence for massive catch-up and plasticity in physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive developmentMarinus H van IJzendoorn
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47:1228-45. 2006..Is (domestic or international) adoption an effective intervention in the developmental domains of physical growth, attachment security, cognitive development and school achievement, self-esteem, and behaviour problems?.. - Terrible ones? Assessment of externalizing behaviors in infancy with the Child Behavior ChecklistJantien Van Zeijl
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47:801-10. 2006..This study investigated the occurrence, cross-informant agreement, 1-year stability, and context characteristics of externalizing behaviors in 12-month-old children, as compared to 24- and 36-month-olds... - Cortisol and externalizing behavior in children and adolescents: mixed meta-analytic evidence for the inverse relation of basal cortisol and cortisol reactivity with externalizing behaviorLenneke R A Alink
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, P O Box 9500, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands
Dev Psychobiol 50:427-50. 2008..09, 95% CI = .002, .17), and with lower basal cortisol (hypoactivity) in elementary school-aged children (r = -.14, 95% CI = -.19, -.08). There was no significant relation between cortisol and externalizing behavior in adolescents... - Physical growth delays and stress dysregulation in stunted and non-stunted Ukrainian institution-reared childrenNatasha A Dobrova-Krol
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Infant Behav Dev 31:539-53. 2008.... - Maternal sensitivity, infant attachment, and temperament in early childhood predict adjustment in middle childhood: the case of adopted children and their biologically unrelated parentsGeert Jan J M Stams
Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Dev Psychol 38:806-21. 2002.... - Effects of attachment-based interventions on maternal sensitivity and infant attachment: differential susceptibility of highly reactive infantsMariska Klein Velderman
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands
J Fam Psychol 20:266-74. 2006.... - Elevated risk of child maltreatment in families with stepparents but not with adoptive parentsMarinus H van IJzendoorn
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Child Maltreat 14:369-75. 2009..Adoptive families, however, showed significantly less child maltreatment than expected. The findings are discussed in the context of parental investment theory that seems to be applicable to stepparents but not to adoptive parents... - Stress regulation in adolescents: physiological reactivity during the adult attachment interview and conflict interactionMariëlle D Beijersbergen
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Child Dev 79:1707-20. 2008..The results indicate that dismissing adolescents may effectively use a defensive strategy during the AAI but less so in direct conflict interaction with their attachment figure... - Plasticity of growth in height, weight, and head circumference: meta-analytic evidence of massive catch-up after international adoptionMarinus H van IJzendoorn
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Dev Behav Pediatr 28:334-43. 2007..International adoption leads to substantial catch-up of height and weight but not of head circumference, demonstrating differential plasticity of children's physical growth... - Problem behavior of internationally adopted adolescents: a review and meta-analysisNicole Bimmel
Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Harv Rev Psychiatry 11:64-77. 2003..The majority of the adopted adolescents are well adjusted and do not display significantly more problem behaviors than do their nonadopted peers... - Less is more: meta-analyses of sensitivity and attachment interventions in early childhoodMarian J Bakermans-Kranenburg
Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Psychol Bull 129:195-215. 2003..Interventions that were more effective in enhancing parental sensitivity were also more effective in enhancing attachment security, which supports the notion of a causal role of sensitivity in shaping attachment... - Remaining or becoming secure: parental sensitive support predicts attachment continuity from infancy to adolescence in a longitudinal adoption studyMariëlle D Beijersbergen
Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Dev Psychol 48:1277-82. 2012..We conclude that both early and later parental sensitive support are important for continuity of attachment across the first 14 years of life... - Adoption and cognitive development: a meta-analytic comparison of adopted and nonadopted children's IQ and school performanceMarinus H van IJzendoorn
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Psychol Bull 131:301-16. 2005..Taken together, the meta-analyses document the positive impact of adoption on the children's cognitive development and their remarkably normal cognitive competence but delayed school performance... - Attachment-based intervention for enhancing sensitive discipline in mothers of 1- to 3-year-old children at risk for externalizing behavior problems: a randomized controlled trialJantien Van Zeijl
Centre for Child and Family StudiesLeiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
J Consult Clin Psychol 74:994-1005. 2006..The authors conclude that VIPP-SD should become an important module in attachment-based interventions... - Attachment, cognitive, and motor development in adopted children: short-term outcomes after international adoptionW Monique van Londen
Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
J Pediatr Psychol 32:1249-58. 2007..To examine infant attachment and developmental functioning shortly after international adoption...