Do the effects of early severe deprivation on cognition persist into early adolescence? Findings from the English and Romanian adoptees study
Researchers compared cognitive outcomes at age 11 in 131 Romanian institution-reared adoptees and 50 UK adoptees. Difficulties persisted for many children adopted after six months, while some children with the lowest earlier scores caught up between ages six and eleven. Outcomes varied substantially and were not associated with adoptive families’ educational background in this analysis.
Limitations: Historical cognitive assessments; the observed variation does not identify all determinants of individual outcomes. Extreme early institutional deprivation; results do not represent adoptees generally. Participants overlap with other ERA publications.
- Research type
- Longitudinal 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.
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Topics: cognitive development, education
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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