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Effects of Institutionalisation - Coggle Diagram
Effects of Institutionalisation
What is Institutionalisation?
The effect of institutional care
The possible effects include social, mental and physical underdevelopment
Some of these effects may be irreversible
The term can be applied widely to the effects of an institution but our concern focus on specifically how. time spent in an institution such as an orphanage can affect the development of children
English and Romanian Adoptees Project
Prodecure
Rutter led the study of a group of Romanian adoptees
Includes 165 Romanian children
Spent their early lives in Romanian institutions
Experienced the effects of institutionalisation
111/165 were adopted before the age of 2
54/165 were adopted by age of 4
Adoptees tested at regular intervals
Ages 4, 6, 11, and 15
assessed their physical, cognitive and social development
Information gathered in interviews with parents and teachers
Progress compared to a control group of 52 British children adopted own the UK before the age of 6 months
Weren't in an institution
Findings
At time of adoption
Romanian adoptees lagged behind thiet British counterparts