Romanian orphan study

• Who held the Romanian orphan study into institutionalisation

  Rutter
• What is institutionalisation in context of Attachment

  Often negative effects of living in an institution such as an orphanage due to lack of care provided
• Why was the romanian orphan study in attachment done in romania

  Mass institutionalisation in the 90’s. Lots of kids in very rundown orphanages
• Procedures of rutters orphan study

  165 institutionalised orphans adopted by british families. 52 British orphans for control group. Record age of adoption: before 6 months, 6months-2years, 2years+
• findings of rutters orphan study

  Intellectual development: at 11 years old: before 6M IQ 102, 6M-2Y IQ 86, 2Y+ IQ77. Reassessment at 16 found similar patterns Emotional development: at adoption there were signs of delayed development, reassessment found 6M had healthy attachments, 6M+ had disinhibited attachment (attention seeking, clinginess directed at adults)
• strength of rutters orphan study

  Real life application = importance of Key care workers for institutions with more 1-1 attention resulting in Childs better emotional and intellectual development
• strength of rutters orphan study

  Methodological strength = high control as natural experiment, all children orphaned for similar reasons so only institutionalisation being analysed > high validity
• Weakness of rutters orphan study

  Usual situation = romanian orphanages were particularly lacking in recourses for development, lowers application of findings