RUTTER

• WHO CARRIED OUT ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDIES?

  Rutter and Zeanah
• RESEARCH METHOD OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

  longitudinal, natural experiment
• WHAT DID THE RESEARCH METHOD OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY CONTAIN?

  100s of case studies
• DESIGN OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

  independent groups
• SAMPLE OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

  165 Romanian orphans

  -> and control group of 165 British children (adopted at same time)
• PROCEDURE OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

  1. Followed 165 Romanian orphans adopted in Britain
  2. Assessed physical, cognitive and emotional development at ages 4, 6, 11, 15
  3. Focused on IQ and attachment problems
  4. Compared to control group of British children adopted around same time
• FINDINGS OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY REGARDING AGE OF ADOPTION AND IQ?

  age of adoption negatively correlated with IQ
• FINDINGS OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY REGARDING AGE OF ADOPTION AND DISINHIBITED ATTACHMENT?

  age of adoption positively correlated with likelihood of a disinhibited attachment
• WHAT DOES A DISINHIBITED ATTACHMENT INVOLVE?

  clinginess, attention seeking, overfamiliarity with strangers
• FINDINGS OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY REGARDING DISINHIBITED ATTACHMENT?

  • seen in 26% of Romanian orphans who were adopted after 6 years
  • seen in 9% of Romanian orphans who were adopted after 6 months
  • seen in only 4% of UK adoptees
• FINDINGS OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY REGARDING RECOVERIES?

  • at 6 years old, children made good recoveries depending on age of adoption
  • at 11 some made full recoveries
  • half diagnosed with disinhibited attachment at 6 still had it at 11
• CONCLUSION OF RUTTER'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

  there are many long-term effects of institutionalisation but children can recover from deprivation experienced in an institution