Internationally Adopted Children from Non-European Countries: General Development during the First Two Years in the Adoptive Family

Table 4

Linear regression analysis at time of adoption and at age two: communication as dependent variable.

	At time of adoption	At age two
	𝛽	𝛽
Age at adoption	.270^**	−.152
Gender	−.191^**	−.089^*
Transition reactions	−.093	−.144^*
Kina/Korea	.021	−.161
Colombia/others	.070	−.207
Gross motor development	.457^***	.357^***
Emotionality	.015	.001
Activity	−.011	−.089
Shyness	.099	.138
Physically challenging behavior	−.072	−.316^**
Non-physical chal. behavior	.172	.094
	𝑅^2=.650𝐹(11,91)=15.375^∗∗∗	𝑅^2=.381𝐹(11,94)=5.262^∗∗∗

Note. Dependent variable: communication at age two.
^***𝑃<.001, ^**𝑃<.01, ^*𝑃<.05.