Attachment - institutionalisation Flashcards

Romanian orphans

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what is institutionalisation

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effects of living in an institution

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what was Rutter et al research

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-2011
- 165 Romanian orphans part of English and Romanian adoptee study
- orphans adopted by families in the UK
- aim to investigate the extent to which good care could make up for poor early experiences
- physical and emotional development assessed at 4,6,11,15,22-25
- 52 children adopted at the same time served as the control group

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What did Rutter et al find

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  • mean IQ adopted before 6 months = 102
  • mean IQ adopted between 6 months and 2 years = 86
  • mean IQ adopted after 2 years = 77
  • ADHD more common in 22-25 years
  • adopted after 6 months showed disinhibited attachment
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what did Zenah et al research

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  • 2005
  • Bucharest early intervention project
  • assessed attachment in 95 Romanian children aged 12-31 months spent most of their life in institutions
  • compared to a control group of 50
  • attachment types measured using the strange situation
  • carers asked about unusual social behaviour
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what did Zenah et al find

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  • 74% of control group securely attached
  • 19% of institution group securely attached
  • 44% of institution had disinhibited attachment
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what is disinhibited attachment

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  • friendly and affectionate towards familiar people and stranger - unusual behaviour
  • attention seeking, clingy
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what are the strengths of Romanian orphan studies

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Real World Application
- improved psychologists understanding of the effects of institutionalisation and how to prevent them
- led to improvements in the conditions
- children’s homes avoid having large numbers of caregivers for each child
- children have 1/2 key workers

Fewer confounding variables
- children in the studies experienced had trauma
- children had been handed over by loving parents who couldn’t afford to keep them
- results less likely to be confounded by other negative early experiences

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what are the limitations of Romanian Orphan studies

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Lack of Adult data
- cannot understand the long term effects of the data
- latest data ends in early 20s

Social sensitivity
- parents, teachers who may have lowered their expectations of the children based on data published
- children treated differently

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