Romanian orphan studies
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- Romanian orphan studies
- Effects of institutionalisation
- Disinhibited attachment: child equally friendly to caregivers and strangers
- Damage to intellectual development: mental retardation if adopted after 6 months old
- Rutter et al
- Procedure
- Researchers followed group of 165 Romanian orphans who experienced poor conditions before being adopted to Britain
- Longitudinal study testing extent to which good care can make up for poor early experiences
- Physical, cognitive and emotional development assessed at age 4, 6, 11 and 15 years
- Study followed control group of 52 adopted British children
- Findings
- Half the orphans showed mental retardation when they came to UK
- At age 11, recovery rates were related to age of adoption
- Those adopted before six months had a mean IQ of 102 (around average)
- Those adopted between six months and two years had mean IQ of 86
- Those adopted after two years had mean IQ of 77
- At age 11, recovery rates were related to age of adoption
- Frequency of disinhibited attachment related to age of adoption
- Apparent in children adopted after six months old: clinginess, attention-seeking and indiscriminate affection to strangers
- Disinhibited attachment rare in children adopted before 6 months
- Findings support view of sensitive period in development of attachments - 6 months
- Half the orphans showed mental retardation when they came to UK
- Procedure
- Zeanah et al (2005): Bucharest Early Intervention Project
- Procedure
- Used ** to assess attachment in 95 children aged 12-31 months in institutional care
- Compared with control group of 50 children who never experienced institutional care
- Procedure
- Effects of institutionalisation
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