Zeanah et al

• Researchers investigated the attachment styles of children who had spent most of their lives in an institution, the participants were compared to those who had grown up in normal homes and families.
• the children had spent most their lives in institutions in Bucharest, half of them were placed in foster homes, half stayed in institutions
• from the research, it can be concluded that institutionalisation can cause confusion and lead to the individual developing disorganised attachment styles with others later in life. the findings and conclusions are in support of Rutter
• bucharest early intervention project- looked specifically at attachment in 95 Romanian children aged 12-31 months who had spent most of their life in institutional care and compared to a control group of 50 children who had never lived in care, findings- large difference between the proportion of children who had a secure attachment in favour of the control group having more (never lived in care), furtherly a higher proportion exhibited disinhibited attachment in the group who had spent most of their life in care,