Romanian Orphan Studies eval

Question 1

What is one strength of the institutionalisation research?

Answer 1

It improves understanding of how to prevent the worst effects through avoiding large amounts of staff in children homes and assigning a key worker to provide emotional care

Gives instituionalised children a chance at normal development

Question 2

Whats another strength of institutionalisation research?

Answer 2

Institutional care seen as a last option, more effort for foster care and adoption

Question 3

Whats another strength of institutionalisation research?

Answer 3

lack of confounding variables as before this war time orphans were researched the most which was difficult to understand effects of trauma and bereavement

Romanian orphans however were handed over from loving parents

Question 4

What was a limitation of the care in Romanian orphanages?

Answer 4

The care was poor, results may be due to poor institutionalisation than institutionalisation itself

Question 5

What is another limitation regarding data?

Answer 5

Lack of data on adult development and long-term effects

Romantic relationships and parental relationships as adults unknown suggesting the need for longitudinal studied

Question 6

What’s another limitation regarding sensitivity?

Answer 6

Socially sensitive as suggests late adopted children have poorer outcomes. Results published while orphans were young which may of lowered the expectations and treatment of those who know them

May have created a self fulfilling prophecy