Table 1.
Child and mothers demographic and adoption characteristics.
| Range | Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late-adopted adolescents (n = 46) | |||
| Children’s age at adoption (years) | 4–9 | 6.30 | 1.52 |
| Children’s age at assessment (years) | 11.11–16.11 | 13.9 | 1.58 |
| Length of adoptive placement (years) | 4–11 | 7.6 | 1.46 |
| Lenght of istituzionalization (months) | 6–72 | 31.56 | 19.67 |
| Verbal IQ | 77–154 | 96.33 | 25.18 |
| N | % | ||
| Children’s sex | Boys | 23 | 50 |
| Girls | 23 | 50 | |
| Type of adoption | Domestic | 4 | 8.7 |
| International | 42 | 91.3 | |
| Children’s continent of origin | South America | 21 | 50 |
| Eastern Europe | 10 | 28.8 | |
| Africa | 6 | 14.3 | |
| Asia | 5 | 11.9 | |
| Level of schooling | Middle school | 39 | 84.8 |
| High school | 7 | 15.2 | |
| Friend and Family Interview (FFI) classifications | S | 31 | 67.4 |
| Ds | 12 | 26.1 | |
| P | 3 | 6.5 | |
| D | 0 | 0 | |
| Adoptive mothers (n = 30) | |||
| Mothers’ age | 44–59 | 51.47 | 4.26 |
| Length of marriage | 12–31 | 20.46 | 5.43 |
| Years of education | 13–21 | 15.87 | 2.82 |
| SCL-90 (GSI) | 4–62 | 50.47 | 5.17 |
| Level of education | N | % | |
| High school | 14 | 46.7 | |
| College/Post-graduate | 16 | 53.3 | |
| Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) classifications | F/A | 21 | 70 |
| Ds | 2 | 6.7 | |
| P | 0 | 0 | |
| U/D | 7 | 23.3 | |