Institutionalism Flashcards
(17 cards)
Longer privation leads to what kind of outcome?
Worse outcome
Physical?
Stunted growth
Intellectual? L
Lower IQ
Emotional?
Insecure attachment
Social?
poor future parenting
Rutter (2011)- how many Romanian orphans did he follow?
165 Romanian orphans as part of the ERA study
Early adoption…
Is preferable to limit damage
Who were the orphans adopted by?
UK families
What did Rutter investigate?
how good care can make up for poor early experiences
What ages were physical, cognitive and emotional development assessed at?
4,6,11,15 and 22-25 years
What children acted as a control group?
A group of 52 children from the UK adopted at the same time
What did half of the Romanian orphans show signs of?
Delayed intellectual development and they were severely undernourished
What happened at age 11?
They had different rates of recovery due to the age they were adopted
Mean IQ- adopted before 6 months?
102
Mean IQ adopted between 6 months and 2 years?
86
Mean IQ adopted after 2 years?
77
Adopted after 6 months?
Had disinhibted attachment- attention seeking, clinginess and social behaviour directed towards all adults