Romanian orphan studies: Effects of institutionalisation

Question 1

Key study: Rutter and Sonuga-Barke (2010)

What were the participants used in the study?

Answer 1

A group of romanian orphans

Question 2

Key study: Rutter and Sonuga-Barke (2010)

How long were the studied for?

Answer 2

Since the 1990s

Question 3

Key study: Rutter and Sonuga-Barke (2010)

How many orphans were used?

Answer 3

165 Romanian children

Question 4

What is institutionalisation?

Answer 4

The effects of institutional care. The term can be applied widely to the effects of an institution- more specifically how much time spent in an institution such as an orphanage

Question 5

Key study: Rutter and Sonuga-Barke (2010)

What were the findings of the study?

Answer 5

At age 11 those children adopted before 6 months showed good recovery, older adoptions associated with disinhibited attachment

Question 6

What did canadian study by Le Mare and Audet find?

Answer 6

Romanian orphans physically smaller at adoption but recovered by age 10 1/2

Question 7

What did the Romania study by Zeanah et al find?

Answer 7

Institutionalised Romanian orphans compared to the control more likely to display disinhibited attachment

Question 8

What are the effects of institutionalisation?

Answer 8

physical underdevelopment, intellectual underfunctioning, dishibited attachment , poor parenting

Question 9

Individual differences

Answer 9

some children appear to recover better despite no apparent attachments within sensitive period

Question 10

Real-life application

Answer 10

Adoption should be as early as possible and then infants securely attach
- Singer et al

Question 11

Deprivation is only one factor

Answer 11

most institutionalised children experience multiple risks, thus material deprivation should not be over exaggerated