Romanian orphan study

Cards (22)

  • What is the focus of research on maternal deprivation?
    Effects of deprivation on development
  • What tragic opportunity arose in Romania in the 1990s?
    Studying effects of institutional care
  • Who required Romanian women to have five children?
    Former President Nicolai Ceausescu
  • What happened to many Romanian children due to poverty?
    They ended up in huge orphanages
  • What happened after the 1989 Romanian revolution regarding children?
    Many children were adopted
  • What is the name of the study conducted by Michael Rutter and colleagues?
    English and Romanian adoptee (ERA) study
  • What was the aim of the ERA study?
    Investigate effects of good care on development
  • How many Romanian orphans were followed in the ERA study?
    165 orphans
  • At what ages was the development of the orphans assessed?
    4, 6, 11, 15, and 22-25 years
  • What group served as a control in the ERA study?
    52 children from the UK
  • What signs did half of the adoptees show upon arrival in the UK?
    Delayed intellectual development
  • What was the condition of many adoptees when they arrived in the UK?
    Severely undernourished
  • How did the mean IQ of children adopted before six months compare to others?
    Higher than those adopted later
  • What was the mean IQ of children adopted before six months?
    102
  • What was the mean IQ of children adopted between six months and two years?
    86
  • What was the mean IQ of children adopted after two years?
    77
  • What condition was more common in older adoptees?
    ADHD
  • What attachment style was observed in children adopted after six months?
    Disinhibited attachment
  • What are symptoms of disinhibited attachment?
    Attention-seeking and clinginess
  • How did children adopted before six months differ in attachment style?
    Rarely displayed disinhibited attachment
  • How does the age of adoption affect intellectual development in Romanian orphans?
    Earlier adoption leads to higher IQ scores
  • What is the relationship between institutional care and emotional development?
    Poor care leads to emotional difficulties