A Comparison of the effects of preterm birth and institutional deprivation on child temperament
Researchers compared parent-rated temperament at age six in the ERA study and a German preterm-birth cohort, each with comparison groups. Children exposed to institutional deprivation and those born very preterm both had lower effortful control. Higher activity was observed in the deprivation group, while lower shyness was observed in the preterm group.
Limitations: Separate cohorts and parent reports; shared associations do not establish a shared causal mechanism. Extreme early institutional deprivation; results do not represent adoptees generally. Participants overlap with other ERA publications. Evidence-provider note: adoptive parents supplied some or all questionnaire/interview assessments of the adoptee’s outcomes. These proxy reports are not the adoptee’s own account; other evidence sources, where present, are described in the summary.
- Research type
- Comparative cohort analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children
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: behaviour, neurodevelopment, temperament
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom; Romania (origin); Germany (comparison cohort)
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