Orphan studies - effects of institutionalisation
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- Orphan studies and institutionalistion
- the effects of institutionalisation
- Disinhibited attachment
- Act indiscriminately towards all - stranger or familiar. Rutter suggested that a disinhibited attachment is a result of multiple caregivers, none of whom are seen enough to create a secure attachment.
- Mental retardation
- Poor intellectual achievement. Mental retardation can be stopped if a child is adopted before the age of six months. After this, intellectual damage is too great.
- Disinhibited attachment
- Zeanah - Bucharest Early Intervention
- Procedure: assessed attachment style in 95 children aged 12-31 months who had spent roughly 90% of their lives in institutional care. They were compared to 50 children who had never been institutionalised. They were studied using the strange situation
- Findings: 74% of control group were type B attached (roughly same as population). 19% of institutionalised group were secure, 65% were classified as :”disorganised”(mixture of avoidant and resistant). 44% were also displaying disinhibited attached compared to 20% of the control children.
- Rutter’s English and Romanian Adoptees
- Procedure: longitudinal study of 165 Romanian orphans who were adopted by British people. They assessed physical, cognitive and emotional development at ages 4, 6, 11 and 15. A control group of 52 British adoptee children were also used.
- Findings: Found that half of the Romanian adoptees showed intellectual underdevelopment and malnourishment. IQ was tested at age 11 and found:
- Mean IQ of 102 was found for children adopted before the age of 6 months
- Mean IQ of 86 for children adopted after 6 months but before 2 years of age
- Mean IQ of 77 for children adopted after the age of 2.
- Children adopted after the age of 6 months also showed disinhibited attachment which had tendencies such as clinginess, attention-seeking and indiscriminatesocial behaviours
- the effects of institutionalisation
- Rutter’s English and Romanian Adoptees
- Procedure: longitudinal study of 165 Romanian orphans who were adopted by British people. They assessed physical, cognitive and emotional development at ages 4, 6, 11 and 15. A control group of 52 British adoptee children were also used.
- Findings: Found that half of the Romanian adoptees showed intellectual underdevelopment and malnourishment. IQ was tested at age 11 and found:
- Mean IQ of 102 was found for children adopted before the age of 6 months
- Mean IQ of 86 for children adopted after 6 months but before 2 years of age
- Mean IQ of 77 for children adopted after the age of 2.
- Children adopted after the age of 6 months also showed disinhibited attachment which had tendencies such as clinginess, attention-seeking and indiscriminatesocial behaviours
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