romanian orphan studies Flashcards
(9 cards)
what is instutionalisation
refers to defecits and abnormalities in social and life skills that develop after a person has spent a long time living in institutions
rutter procedure
- longitudinal study of english and romanian adoptees starts in 1990s
- 165 romanian orphans that suffered long term effects of institutionalisation and had been adopted
- tested at regular intervals to asses emotional physical and cognitive development
- informations gathered from parents and teachers
- compared with british control group (adopted befroe age of 6)
rutter findings
- time of aopdtion romanian orphans scored lower on all scales (physical emotional and cognitive)
- by 4 some children cuaght up, especially if adopted before 6 months
-after 6 months adopted showed poor relationships with peers
effects of institutionalisation
physical underdevelopment
intellectual under functioning
disinhibited attachmenet]
poor parenting
physical underdevelopment
deprivation dwarfism.
Lack of emotional care rather than poor nourishment
intellectual under functioning
cognitive development is affected by deprivation - if adopted before 6 months can be changes
disinhibited attachment
children treat strangers and people they know the same way
poor parenting
Quinton compared 50 women who had been raised in an institution with
50 women who had been raised at home. They found that when the women were in their 20’s they experienced problems as a parent. It was also found that their children also spent some time in care.
ao3 for orphan studies
- real life application > helped understand effects and how to prevent the worst (childrens home avoid having large numbers of caregivers for each child)
- fewer confounding variables in romanian orphan study > handed over by loving parents who couldnt afford them not becuase of war > higher internal validity
- conditions not typical of all orphanages > remakrebly poor care
- socially sensitive research and could lead to adoptees being treated differently
