Longitudinal studies using a "natural experiment" design: the case of adoptees from Romanian institutions
This research paper discusses longitudinal natural-experiment methods and analyses ERA adoptees who experienced institutional care without subnutrition. Deprivation-specific difficulties at age 15 were more common than in the comparison group, indicating that the reported pattern was not confined to children who had been undernourished.
Limitations: Non-random exposure and subgroup selection limit causal interpretation; this is an analysis of an existing cohort, not a new independent sample. Extreme early institutional deprivation; results do not represent adoptees generally. Participants overlap with other ERA publications.
- Research type
- Methodological paper with cohort analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children / Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children; adolescents
Adoption context: Intercountry adoption after Romanian institutional care; UK comparison groups
Programme: English and Romanian Adoptees Study
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in indexed metadata reviewed. Affiliations, funding and conflicts have not been comprehensively audited; this does not confirm institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: institutional deprivation, nutrition, research methodology
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom; Romania (origin)
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