| Literature DB >> 10553454 |
J Castle1, C Groothues, D Bredenkamp, C Beckett, T O'Connor, M Rutter.
Abstract
The adoption of children reared in poor quality Romanian institutions provided a "natural experiment" to determine whether psychological privation is the cause of later deficits. Low IQ at six years was strongly related to the duration of institutional care, with malnutrition having a weaker effect. After taking both into account, there was an additional effect of a particularly marked lack of individualized care.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10553454 DOI: 10.1037/h0080391
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Orthopsychiatry ISSN: 0002-9432