ZEANAH

• NAME OF ZEANAH'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

  Bucharest Early Intervention Project
• RESEARCH METHOD OF ZEANAH'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

  natural experiment and field experiment
• DESIGN OF ZEANAH'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

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

  95 children who spent their life in institutional care

  -> and control group of 50 who hadn't
• PROCEDURE OF ZEANAH'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

  1. Strange situation used to measure attachment type of all children
  2. Conducted interviews to identify signs of reactive attachment disorder
• WHAT DOES REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER INCLUDE?

  many social/ emotional difficulties

  -> e.g. emotionally withdrawn behaviour to adult caregiver
• FINDINGS OF ZEANAH'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY REGARDING SECURE ATTACHMENT?

  • 20% of institutional group showed secure attachment
  • 75% of control group showed secure attachment
• FINDINGS OF ZEANAH'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY REGARDING DISINHIBITED ATTACHMENT?

  • 44% of institutional group were classified as having disinhibited attachment
  • 20% of control group were classified as having disinhibited attachment
• FINDINGS OF ZEANAH'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY REGARDING REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDERS?

  80% of institutional group with insecure attachment suffered from reactive attachment disorder
• CONCLUSION OF ZEANAH'S ROMANIAN ORPHAN STUDY?

  suggests insecure attachment, disinhibited attachment and reactive attachment disorder are all effects of institutionalisation