Privation, Bowlby

Privation

• extreme circumstances where children do not have an opportunity to form a normal attachmet

Examples:

• Isolated Children- Curtiss (1977) The case study of Genie (to be done in detail later) and the Czech Twins
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• Institutionalisation
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Institutionalisation

• Occurs when children live in an institution such as an orphanage or children's home
• Poor quality instututions such as the Romanian orphanages in the early 1990s
• Since then conditions have been improved and many of the children adopted

Studies: Hodges and Tizard (1989)- studied children who had been in an orphanage then adopted. Concluded early privation has a negative affect on ability to form relationships.

Three issues of privation:

1) Attachment disorder:

• no preffered attachment figure
• inability to interact and relate to others before the age of 5
• Reactive/inhibited:shy,withdrawn
• Disinhibited:over friendly and attention seeking

2) Privation Dwarfism:

• children from institutions usually small from lack of emotional care
• emotional disturbances may affect the…