effects of institutionalisation Flashcards
define institutionalisation ?
the effect that institutionalisation care has on an individuals development .
name the four areas of devlopmental impacts?
physical
emotional
cognitive
social
explain Gardner(1972)
children in institutional care were observed to be physically small
Gardner concluded that a lack of emotional care rather than poor nourishment can lead to deprivational dwarfism
explain Hodges and Tizard(1989) Aim
to investigate the effects of institutionalisation on children who had been in residential care
explain Hodges and Tizard(1989) participants
26 children who had been placed in residential care before the age of 4 months of age .The care received by the children was impersonal as staff regularly changed and therefore the children could be viewed as maternally deprived or even privated . The children were then adopted
explain Hodges and Tizard(1989) method?
assessed when they were 6 years old and when they were 16 years old
explain Hodges and Tizard(1989) results
no major difficulties were reported.
some issues with social development : problems with relationships , friendliness with strangers (dis-inhibited attachment ) , overaggressive and unpopular at school ,good relationship with adopted parents , not like how bowbly predicated in his theory of maternal deprivation .
Quinton et al (1984)
compared a group of 50 women brought up in children’s home with 50 women who has been brought up at home
when women were in their 20’s , ex-instituional group were observed to be experiencing difficulties with parenting
Goldfard(1943)
longitudinal
15 pairs of children up to the age 10-14 .
experimental group: in institutional care up until the age of 3.
control, group: fostered soon after birth .
findings: performed well on a series of cognitive and emotional measures compared to the control group
name the documented affect of instituionalisation ?
physical underdevelopment
intellectual underfuntioning
disinhibited attachment
poor parenting
quasi-autistic symptoms
explain disinhibited attachment
a type of disorganised attachment where children do not discriminante between children they choose as attachment figures.Such children will treat near-strangers with inappropriate familiarity
explain Qausi-autistic symptoms
autistic like patterns of behaviour such as difficulties in communication , social abilities ,stereotypes and repetitive behaviour.
who studies romanian orphanages and when ?
Rutter and Songua Barke (2010)
Aim , Rutter and Songua Barke (2010)
To investigate the development of children adopted from Romanian orphanages in 1990s to the UK .
Rutter and Songua Barke (2010) sample
165 Romanian children who spent their early years in institutional care