Romanian Orphans

Question 1

2 studies

Answer 1

Rutter

Zeanah

Question 2

Rutter Procedure

Answer 2

165 R orphans
52 B adoptees
looked at physical, mental, emotional development at 5, 6, 11, and 15 yrs old

Question 3

Findings - IQ of R and B

Answer 3

R = 88
B = 116

Question 4

IQ recovered dependent on

Answer 4

age of adoption

earlier adopted quicker recovery

Question 5

R also had

Answer 5

higher frequency of disinhibited attachemnt types

Question 6

AO3 Rutter

Answer 6

LOngitudinal

LOng term effects arent clear

Question 7

Longitudinal

Answer 7

see change over time

Question 8

long term effects arent clear

Answer 8

only up to age 15

hard to know long term effects of institutionalisation

Question 9

Zeanah et al procedure

Answer 9

strange sitaution

95 R orphans to 50 british non adoptees

Question 10

Institutionalised group

Secure vs disinhibited

Answer 10

Secure - 19%

D - 44%

Question 11

Control

secure vs disinhibited

Answer 11

s = 74%
d = 20%

Question 12

Zeanah AO3

Answer 12

RWA
Hard to generalise
pp attrition

Question 13

RWA

Answer 13

improvements to foster care systems

having a key worker

Question 14

Hard to generalise

Answer 14

both looking into romanian orphans
specific examples
results may not be applicable
lack generalisability

Question 15

PP attrition

Answer 15

pp drop out
e.g couldnt handle 
only successful adoptees left
biases sample
skew results
loses validity