institutionalisation

• Institutionalisation


  The term institution refers to a hospital or an orphanage where children are placed for extended periods of time. In these institutions, children often receive very little emotional care and support.
• Romanian orphan studies


  1. Researchers studied children placed in Romanian orphanages after their parents had either died or were permanently unable to care for them

  2. Researchers were interested in the effects of living in institutional care on children's social and emotional development
• When studying Romanian orphans, it was found that the quality of parenting by adoptive parents made up for the physical and intellectual delays experienced at first by the Romanian adoptees
• Disinhibited attachment


  An adaptation to living with multiple caregivers during the sensitive period for attachment formation, where a child may lean into or be affectionate towards any adult, including strangers
• Most children showed signs of intellectual disability when they arrived in Britain, but most of those adopted before six months old caught up by age four