Romanian orphan studies: effects of institutionalisation

Question 1

state the 4 effects of intitutionalisation

Answer 1

1. physical underdevelopment
2. intellectual underfunctioning
3. disinhibted attachment
4. poor parenting

Question 2

Key study - rutter and sanuga-Barke -aim

Answer 2

to investigate the effects of early institutionalisation and deprivation on later life attachment

Question 3

Key study - rutter and sanuga-Barke procedure

Answer 3

• followed a group of 165 Romanian orphans adopted in Britain
• assessed physical, cognitive and social development at age 4
• control group - 15 english children adopted around the same time

Question 4

key study - rutter and sanuga - Barke findings

Answer 4

• ## half of the adoptees shows signs of mental retardation/malnorished