The Group of European Adoption Researchers (GEAR), a research group composed of an international team of experts in the field of adoption, analyze the health, psychosocial adjustment and family and social relationships of internationally adopted adolescents in Europe, through a parallel data collection in the four partner countries (France, Italy, Norway and Spain). In the different countries this project is led by Dr. Laurie Miller from the Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne (Paris, France), by Dr. Rosa Rosnati from the Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy), by Dr. Steinar Theie from the University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway) and by Dr. Maite Román from the University of Seville (Seville, Spain). The LAIS.US study in its third phase (W3) is connected to the GEAR.
The objective of the research group is to examine psychosocial protective and risk factors for internationally adopted adolescents’ adjustment and well-being, as a comparison in four different European countries (France, Italy, Norway and Spain). Specifically, the aims of the research group are the following:
- Investigate internationally adolescents’ psychosocial adjustment and well-being, and quality of family and social relationships.
- Examine the association between the quality of family and social relationships and the adjustment and well-being of the internationally adopted adolescents (using the perspective of both parents and adolescents).
- Compare the results in four different European countries (Italy, Spain, France and Norway), in order to disaggregate the specificity of the macrosystem in influencing the adjustment of internationally adopted adolescents
TEAM MEMBERS
French team:
Dr. Laurie Miller – Hospitalier Ste Anne
Dr. Marie Odile PEROUSE DE MONTCLOS – Hospitalier Ste Anne
Italian team:
Dr. Rosa Regina Rosnati – Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Dr. Sonia Ranieri – Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Dr. Laura Ferrari – Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Norwegian team:
Dr. Steinar Theie – University of Oslo
Spanish team:
Dr. Maite Román – University of Seville
Dr. Jesús Palacios – University of Seville
Dr. Isabel Caceres Campos – University of Seville
Dr. Pablo Carrera – Universidad Isabel I, Burgos
Papers
- Cáceres, I., Palacios, J., Ferrari, L., Ranieri, S., Rosnati, R., Miller, L.C., Theie, S., Carrera, P., Perouse de Montclos, M.O., & Román, M. (2024). School Victimization and Psychosocial Adjustment among Eastern European Adopted Adolescents across Europe. Child: Health, Care & Development, 50(1), e13217. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13217
- Miller, L. C., Canzi, E., Ranieri, S., Ferrari, L., Roman, M., Caceres, I., Steinar, T., Pérouse de Montclos, M., Rygvold, A., Dalen, M., Palacios, J., & Rosnati, R. (2022). Special needs of internationally adopted adolescents in 4 receiving European countries: relation to mothers’ adoption satisfaction. Children and Youth Services Review, 106471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106471
Scientific works in Conferences
- GEAR Group (2018). Psychological and Medical Issues for Internationally Adopted Adolescents. Symposium. 6th International Conference On Adoption Research (ICAR6). Montreal (Canada), July, 8th-12th
- GEAR Group (2021). Adjustment and well-being of internationally adopted adolescents and their families in four European countries. Invited Symposium. 7th International Conference on Adoption Research (ICAR7). Milan (Italy), July, 6th-10th
- GEAR Group (2024). Challenges for Young Adults Adopted as Children: Perspectives from 3 European Countries. Symposium. 8th International Conference On Adoption Research (ICAR8). Minesotta (USA), July, 8th-12th.
