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Institutionalisation - Coggle Diagram
Institutionalisation
Effects
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Deprivation Dwarfism
Physically smaller due to a lack of emotional care rather than poor nourishment can lead to physical underdevelopment
Rutter (2007) - over 1/2 of the institutionalised children were in the bottom 1/3 for weight and head circumference
Disinhibited attachment
Behave in attention seeking, overly familiar way with complete strangers
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Studies
Rutter (2007)
Findings
Physical
Over 1/2 showed evidence of severe malnourishment and in the bottom 1/3 for weight and head circumference
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Emotional
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45% of those measure with DA at 6, continued to show this behaviour at 11yrs
At 6, 70% of those adopted AFTER 6 months showed signs of disinhibited attachment, compared to 47% of those adopted BEFORE 6 months
Procedure
Studied at 4, 6, 11 and most recently 21
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Randomly selected sample of 165 Romanian children (144 reared in institutions) who were adopted by UK families with a placement before 4 yrs
Longitudinal study started in the 1990s and followed a group of children from Romania who were adopted to the UK from Romanian Institutions
Aim: long term effects of institutional care to see the extent to which good care can make up for poor early experiences
Chugani et al. (2001)
Assessment showed mild neurocognitive impairment, impulsivity and attention and social deficits
Orphans showed significantly decreased activity in orbital frontal gyrus, parts of prefrontal cortex/hippocampus, amygdala and brain stem
PET scans on sample of 10 children adopted from Romanian orphanages and compared them to 17 normal adults and 7 children
Refers to the effects on an individual being raised in an orphanage or a children's residential home