Effects of institutionalisation: Romanian orphan studes - Rutter and Songua-Barke (2010)
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- Rutter and Songua-Barke (2010)
- Aim
- To test the effects of institutionalisation on physical, cognitive and social development
- Procedure
- 165 Romanian children - Romanian institutions
- 111 adopted before the age of 2 years
- 54 adopted before the age of 4
- longitudinal study
- Assessing at the age of 4, 6, 11 and 15
- Assessing on their physical , cognitive and social development
- Compared to a control group of 52 British children
- adopted in the Uk before the age of 6 months
- 165 Romanian children - Romanian institutions
- Findings
- 1. At the time adoption the Romanian orphans lagged behind the British adoptees
- Examples: weighed less, - smaller
- 2. Those adopted before 6 months had caught up with the British adoptees by the age 4 - normal attachments and developments
- Those adopted after 6 months continued to experience deficits
- Examples: - Poor peer relationships - Disinhibited attachments
- 1. At the time adoption the Romanian orphans lagged behind the British adoptees
- Conclusion
- Long-term consequences can be less severe once if children have the opportunity to form attachments
- Before the age of 6 months
- If children do not form attachment then consequences are likely to be severe
- Negative effects of institutionalisation but can be reversed if adopted at an early age
- Long-term consequences can be less severe once if children have the opportunity to form attachments
- Aim
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