Early adolescent outcomes for institutionally-deprived and non-deprived adoptees. I: disinhibited attachment
Researchers followed children adopted from Romanian institutions and compared them at age 11 with children adopted within the UK without institutional deprivation. Parent reports, observed interactions and researcher ratings examined unusually indiscriminate social behaviour. The behaviour often persisted from age 6 to 11 and was associated with institutional upbringing, other difficulties and greater service use. Apparent reductions partly reflected how well the parent measure suited older 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. Parent and observer assessments describe behaviour rather than children’s own accounts. 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
- 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: attachment, disinhibited social engagement, institutional deprivation, longitudinal, post-adoption support
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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