Failure to form attachment - EVALUATION case studies

Quinton et al (1984)

Poor parenting

What did they do:

• Compaired a group of 50 women who had been reared in institutions with a control group of 50 women reared at home.

What did they find:

• When the women were in their 20's:
• Ex-institutional women were experiencing extreme difficulties acting as parents.
• Most of the ex-institutional women had children who spent time in care.

Gardner (1972)

Deprivation…