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Effects of profound early
institutional deprivation: An
overview of findings from a UK
longitudinal study of Romanian
adoptees
Michael Rutter a , Celia Beckett a , Jenny Castle a ,
Emma Colvert a , Jana Kreppner a , Mitul Mehta a ,
Suzanne Stevens b & Edmund Sonuga-Barke c
a Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK
b Institute ofPsychiatry, King's College, London, and
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
c Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London,
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, and
New York University, New York, USA
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To cite this article: Michael Rutter, Celia Beckett, Jenny Castle, Emma Colvert, Jana
Kreppner, Mitul Mehta, Suzanne Stevens &Edmund Sonuga-Barke (2007): Effects of
profound early institutional deprivation: An overview of findings from a UK longitudinal
study of Romanian adoptees, European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 4:3,
332-350
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Effects of profound early institutional deprivation:
An overview of findings from a UK longitudinal
study of Romanian adoptees
Michael Rutter, Celia Beckett, Jenny Castle, Emma Colvert,
Jana Kreppner, and Mitul Mehta
Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK
Suzanne Stevens
Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, and University ofSouthampton,
Southampton, UK
Edmund Sonuga-Barke
Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, University of Southampton,
Southampton, UK, and New York University, New York, USA
A randomly selected sample of 165 children from Romania (of whom 144 had
been reared in institutions) who were adopted by UK families, with placement
before the age of 42 months, was studied at 4, 6, and 11 years of age.Comparisons were made with a sample of 52 non-institutionalized UK
children adopted before the age of 6 months, who were studied in the same
way. The paper briefly summarizes circumstances at the time of adoption and
then reports findings at age 11, focusing on changes between 6 and 11. Marked
catch-up in psychological functioning was evident following adoption, but
significant problemscontinued in a substantial minority of the children placed
after the age of 6 months. The theoretical implications of the findings are
considered, and the policy implications are noted.
When the Ceauces¸cu regime in Romania fell in 1989, there was widespread
media coverage of the plight of children being reared in profoundly
depriving institutions. The concern aroused over their suffering led to...