Effects of qualities of early institutional care on cognitive attainment. E.R.A. Study Team. English and Romanian Adoptees
Researchers examined how the quality of early Romanian institutional care related to cognitive scores after adoption into UK families. At age six, lower IQ was associated with longer institutional care. Malnutrition showed a weaker association, and lack of individualised care was associated with cognition after accounting for duration and nutrition.
Limitations: The reviewed abstract gives limited information about sample size and how institutional care quality was reconstructed. Associations do not isolate every prenatal or pre-adoption influence. This cohort experienced extreme early institutional deprivation and does not represent adoptees generally. Participants overlap with other ERA publications.
- 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 from Romanian institutions; UK domestic-adoption comparison
Programme: English and Romanian Adoptees Study
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: cognitive development, institutional care, institutional deprivation, intercountry adoption, IQ, neglect, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom; Romania (origin)
- Funding
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- Commissioner
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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Entry: study_fe8a8a9a2835714a