Behavior patterns associated with institutional deprivation: a study of children adopted from Romania
Researchers studied rocking, self-injury, unusual sensory interests and eating difficulties in 144 children adopted from Romania into UK families. Rocking and self-injury became less common between arrival and age 6, while some sensory and eating difficulties remained. Time spent in institutional deprivation was the main factor associated with how common and persistent these behaviours were.
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. Self-injury here refers to childhood behaviours assessed in this cohort; it should not be treated as evidence about adolescent or adult suicidal self-harm.
- 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: behaviour, institutional deprivation, neurodevelopment, physical health, self-injurious behaviour
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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- Adoptee involvement
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