Publications

 

Raaska, H., Elovainio, M., Sinkkonen, J., Matomäki, J., Mäkipää, S., and Lapinleimu, H. (2012). Internationally adopted children in Finland: parental evaluations of symptoms of reactive attachment disorder and learning difficulties - FINADO study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 38(5), 697-705.

 

Raaska, H., Lapinleimu, H., Sinkkonen, J., Salmivalli, C., Matomäki, J.,Mäkipää, S., Elovainio M. (2012). Experiences of School Bullying Among Internationally Adopted Children: Results from the Finnish Adoption (FINADO) Study. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 43(4), 592-611.

 

Lapinleimu H, Peltola V, Raaska H, Lapinleimu J, Sinkkonen J, Mäkipää S, Elovainio M (2012)Ulkomailta adoptoidun lapsen maahantulotarkastus. Suomen Lääkärilehti 67(10):775-781. http://www.laakarilehti.fi/pdf/SLL102012-775.pdf

 

Raaska, H., Elovainio, M., Sinkkonen, J., Stolt, S., Jalonen, I., Matomäki, J., Mäkipää, S., Lapinleimu, H. Adopted children’s language difficulties and their relation to symptoms of reactive attachment disorder: FinAdo study.  In press Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

 

 

Poster presentations:

 

Developmental Problems of International Adoptees in Finland Evaluated by Parental Questionnaire FTF (Raaska H, Elovainio M, Sinkkonen J, Matomäki J, Mäkipää S, and Lapinleimu H), Social Brain 3, Glasgow, 2011

 

Attachment problems among internationally adopted toddlers in Finland ;  the FINADO –study (Raaska H, Sinkkonen J, Lapinleimu H, Mäkipää S, Elovainio M). ESCAP, Helsinki, 2011. 

 

Experiences of bullying among internationally adopted children in Finland (Raaska H, Lapinleimu H, Sinkkonen J, Mäkipää S, Matomäki J, Salmivalli C, Elovainio M). ICAR3, Leiden 2010

 

Speech and language skills in internationally adopted children aged 5-15 years (Jalonen I., Stolt S., Raaska H., Elovainio M.,

Sinkkonen J., Mäkipää S. and Lapinleimu H). ICAR3, Leiden, 2010

 

Parents estimations of learning disabilities of internationally adopted children: (Lapinleimu H, Raaska H, Mäkipää S, Elovainio M, Sinkkonen J) Oslo, 2009

 

The search for biological origin in early adulthood and the impact of the adoptive family relationships: Experiences from a group of international adoptees in Finland ( Koskinen M,  Elovainio M, Lapinleimu H, Mäkipää S, Raaska H,  Sinkkonen J)

Contact & Identity in Adoption, Cardiff, Wales, 2011