Normality and impairment following profound early institutional deprivation: a longitudinal follow-up into early adolescence
Researchers followed adopted children from ages 6 to 11, assessing functioning across seven areas. Children who had experienced at least six months of severe institutional deprivation were more likely to have difficulties across several areas, although some had no identified impairment. Individual patterns were often already evident at age 6 and continued at age 11. Few measured background factors explained the differences between children.
Limitations: This concerns a historical cohort exposed to extreme Romanian institutional deprivation, followed after adoption into UK families. It does not represent adoption generally or establish that adoption caused the difficulties. Publications from this cohort use overlapping participants; regional coverage is not separately specified in the abstract. The abstract does not establish a deterministic outcome for any child.
- Research type
- Longitudinal cohort study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: children
Adoption context: Intercountry adoption following institutional care; within-UK adoption comparison
Programme: English and Romanian Adoptees Study
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: cognition, institutional deprivation, longitudinal, mental health, neurodevelopment
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom (regional breakdown not specified)
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