Effects of institutionalisation

• AO1


  Assessment Objective 1
• Rutter et al study


  • Longitudinal study
  • 165 Romanian orphans
  • Half showed signs of mental retardation and malnutrition upon arrival in UK
• Age of adoption


  Recovery rates associated with
• Length of institutionalisation


  More damage to intellectual development
• Mean IQ for adopted children

  • 102 for those adopted before 6 months
  • 86 for those adopted between 6 and 2 years
  • 77 for those adopted after 2 years
• Orphans adopted after 6 months

  • Exhibited signs of disinhibited attachment style
  • Attention-seeking
  • Clinginess