Romanian opthan studies - institutionalisaton
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- ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDIES
- Rutters ERA ( English and Romanian Adoptee) study 2011
- AIM
- METHOD
- Followed a group of 165 Romanian orphans adopted in Britain
- To test what extent good care could make up for poor early experiences in instutions.
- Physical, cognitive and emotional developmet had been assessed
- Ages - 4,6,11 and 15
- 52 British children adopted around the same time has served as the control group
- Followed a group of 165 Romanian orphans adopted in Britain
- FINDINGS
- Mental retardation was shown when first arrived
- Majority was severely undernourished
- age 11 - differential rates of recovery that were related to their age of adoption
- Mean IQ
- Adopted before 6 months - 102
- Between 6 months and 2 years - 86
- 2 years + - 77
- 6 months + showed signs of disinhibited attchement
- Attention seeking, clinginess and social behaviour directed indiscriminately towards all adults
- Before 6 months - no disinhibited attachment
- Mental retardation was shown when first arrived
- The Bucharest Early Intervention project - Zeanah et al. 2005
- METHOD
- Assessed attachment in 95 children
- 12-31 months
- 90% their lives in institutional care
- Attachment type measured using strange situation
- Control group - 50 children who never lived in institutional care
- Carers asked about unusual social behaviour (disinhibited attachment )
- Control group - 50 children who never lived in institutional care
- Assessed attachment in 95 children
- FINDINGS
- Control group
- 74% - securely attached
- Disinhibited attachment applied to less than 20%
- Institutional group
- 19% - securely attached
- 65% - disorgainised attachment
- Disinhibited attachment applied to 44%
- Control group
- METHOD
- EFFECTS ON INSTITUTIONALISATION
- Disinhibited attachment - typical effect
- Equally friendly and affectionate towards everyone
- Highly unusual - no stranger anxiety
- Disinhibited attachment - typical effect
- Mental retardation
- Can be recoverd
- Mental retardation
- If adoption takes place before 6 months
- A03
- Real life application
- Fewer extraneous variables than other orphan studies
- Studies before
- Children experienced abuse or neglect
- Hard to observe because they were experiencing factors
- Confounding participant variables
- Hard to observe because they were experiencing factors
- Children experienced abuse or neglect
- Romanian - possible to study, increased internal validity
- Studies before
- Not typical
- Conditions were so bad that results cannot be applied
- E.g - Poor standards of care
- Unusual situation variables - lack generalisability
- Conditions were so bad that results cannot be applied
- Rutters ERA ( English and Romanian Adoptee) study 2011
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