romanian orphan studies

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    • Rutter(1998)
      • 111 romanian children assessed on physical and intelectual abilities on arrival into britain.
      • there was 2 groups: Children under 6 months, and chldren over 6 months
        • when tested on arrival, the romanian children under 6 months had an IQ of 63, over 6 months had an IQ of 45
          • 111 romanian children assessed on physical and intelectual abilities on arrival into britain.
          • they also had a lower than average height and head circumference
      • reassessed at age 4, 6, 11 and 15
        • At age 4; romanian orphans had good improvements in physical development
          • Average IQ had gone from an average of 63 to 107 in the below 6 months catagory
            • when tested on arrival, the romanian children under 6 months had an IQ of 63, over 6 months had an IQ of 45
              • they also had a lower than average height and head circumference
          • Average IQ had gone from 45 to 90 in the over 6 months catagory.
      • 52 british adopted children tested at age 4 were the control group.
      • it was a longitudinal study
      • Intitutionalism slow down development, but the effects of institutialism can wear off over time
        • Zeanah(2005)
          • compared 136 romanian children, who spent 90% of their lives in an istitutioon, to a control group of romanian children who had not been intitutionalised before
          • children were aged 12 months 31 month olds, and were assessed with the strange situation catagories.
            • compared 136 romanian children, who spent 90% of their lives in an istitutioon, to a control group of romanian children who had not been intitutionalised before
          • instituationalised children showed signs of disinhabited atachment, which is a form of insecure attachment
            • this consists of over friendliness and attention seeking
          • some may not have been effected by disinhabited attachment
        • Chugani et al (2001)
          • the Romanian children in the research showed mild cognative issues, and attention and social deficits
            • romanian orphans had decreased level of activity in the orbital frontal gyrus, parts of the prefrontal cortext/ hypocampus and brainn stem
          • gave PET scans to 10 sample romanian orphans,comparing them to 17 'normal' adults and 7 children.
          • romanian orphans had decreased level of activity in the orbital frontal gyrus, parts of the prefrontal cortext/ hypocampus and brainn stem
          • the dysfunctions in these brain regions may be because of early stress of deprivation and may be linked to the long term cognitive and behavioural defects
        • institutionalised children may need more time to develop
    • Chugani et al (2001)
      • the Romanian children in the research showed mild cognative issues, and attention and social deficits
        • gave PET scans to 10 sample romanian orphans,comparing them to 17 'normal' adults and 7 children.
        • the dysfunctions in these brain regions may be because of early stress of deprivation and may be linked to the long term cognitive and behavioural defects
      • Zeanah(2005)
        • children were aged 12 months 31 month olds, and were assessed with the strange situation catagories.
          • instituationalised children showed signs of disinhabited atachment, which is a form of insecure attachment
            • this consists of over friendliness and attention seeking
          • some may not have been effected by disinhabited attachment

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