Effect Of Insitutionalisation Flashcards
Institutionalisation
Refers to effect of growing up in orphanages or children homes
Suffer from lack of emotional care unable form attachment
Rutter
165 Romanian Oprah’s adopted in Britian see good care make up poor experience in institutions assessed on developmental at 4,6,11,15
Rutter findings
Show Signs of delay intellectual development different rate of recovery according to age of adoption
After 6 months disinhibited attachment clingy attention seeking
Weakness Rutter
Can’t be applied understand impact as it was so bad unusual situation lack generalisability
Strength Rutter
Real life application Avoid change in number of caregivers called key workers help develop normal attachment valuable for practical norms