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Institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children 1: a systematic and integrative review of evidence regarding effects on development
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“Institutionalization and neglect can result in long-term negative effects, including impaired physical growth, delayed cognitive development, and increased risk for psychological disorders.”
From Long-term cardiometabolic effects of early institutionalization and foster care: Evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as van Ijzendoorn et al., 2020
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“Receiving foster care, compared to institutional care, has been associated with better developmental outcomes and improved physical and mental health in children (Bos et al., 2011; van Ijzendoorn et al., 2020).”
From Telomere trajectories from early adolescence to adulthood following early institutionalization: Protective effects of foster care in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as van Ijzendoorn et al., 2020
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“Early institutional care is associated with long-lasting adverse outcomes across neurodevelopmental, cognitive, socioemotional, and physical health domains.”
From Resilience following severe early life neglect: A review of longitudinal evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as Van IJzendoorn et al., 2020
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“whereas later placement (i.e., after 24 months of age) and more placement disruptions have been linked to less favorable outcomes (i.e., no group-level differences among FCG compared to CAUG) (Van IJzendoorn et al., 2020).”
From Resilience following severe early life neglect: A review of longitudinal evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as Van IJzendoorn et al., 2020
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“Earlier placement into foster care (i.e., before 24 months of age) and greater placement stability have been consistently linked to more resilient outcomes across various domains”
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“Given that psychosocial deprivation both in institutional and family-based contexts is linked to delays in cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development (2,(4)(5)(6), understanding the impact of interventions that aim to promote recovery from early neglect is a public health priority.”
From A Comprehensive Multilevel Analysis of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Causal Effects on Recovery From Early Severe Deprivation (2023) · cites this paper as [2]
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“Institutionalization and neglect can result in long-term negative effects, including impaired physical growth, delayed cognitive development, and increased risk for psychological disorders.”
From Long-term cardiometabolic effects of early institutionalization and foster care: Evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as van Ijzendoorn et al., 2020
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“Transitioning from institutional care to a family-based setting, such as foster care, is associated with improved health outcomes in the years immediately following the move out of institutional environments”
From Long-term cardiometabolic effects of early institutionalization and foster care: Evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as van Ijzendoorn et al., 2020
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“Institutionalization and neglect can result in long-term negative effects, including impaired physical growth, delayed cognitive development, and increased risk for psychological disorders.”
From Long-term cardiometabolic effects of early institutionalization and foster care: Evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as van Ijzendoorn et al., 2020
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“In institutions, staff often have little training, and lack time and resources to provide consistent, high-quality care to children (Van IJzendoorn et al., 2020;Zeanah et al., 2003).”
From Resilience following severe early life neglect: A review of longitudinal evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as Van IJzendoorn et al., 2020
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“Early institutionalization is a severe form of early life adversity characterized by marked psychosocial deprivation that can have profound, long-lasting, adverse effects on development (Van IJzendoorn et al., 2020).”
From Resilience following severe early life neglect: A review of longitudinal evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as Van IJzendoorn et al., 2020
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“There is also evidence that more time spent in institutional care is associated with greater and more persistent developmental delays, with physical growth exhibiting the strongest effects, followed by cognitive and socioemotional development (Nelson et al., 2007;Van IJzendoorn et al., 2020).”
From Resilience following severe early life neglect: A review of longitudinal evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as Van IJzendoorn et al., 2020
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“Unfortunately, millions of children being raised without parents experience severe deprivation in the context of institutional care, where high child-to-caregiver ratios and lack of nurturing care lead to psychosocial neglect even when survival needs are met (1,2).”
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“For instance, although the BEIP findings are consistent with other studies indicating substantial recovery for cognitive development and physical growth, in contrast to the current findings of, on average, improved symptoms of psychopathology, the meta-analysis of observational studies does not indicate recovery in children's socioemotional functioning.”
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“For instance, although the BEIP findings are consistent with other studies indicating substantial recovery for cognitive development and physical growth, in contrast to the current findings of, on average, improved symptoms of psychopathology, the meta-analysis of observational studies does not indicate recovery in children's socioemotional functioning.”
From A Comprehensive Multilevel Analysis of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Causal Effects on Recovery From Early Severe Deprivation (2023) · cites this paper as [2]
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“Differences in findings between these observational studies and the BEIP may be related to the experimental design of the BEIP, which controlled for confounders (e.g., bias in selection of children for deinstitutionalization), and to the foster care intervention possibly delivering higher quality care than is typical following deinstitutionalization (2).”
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“Van IJzendoorn et al. (2020) suggest that this ' disagreement as to whether policy should focus on eliminating, transforming or improving ' (p.703) is linked to a need for consensus on how evidence related to care settings is interpreted.”
From Residential care as an alternative care option: A review of literature within a global context (2022) · cites this paper as van IJzendoorn et al., 2020
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“Similarly, fear of exposure indicating fear and worries adolescents have about the safety of themselves and their families, are salient predictors of adverse mental health outcomes among adolescents (Braun-Lewensohn et al., 2009; Guo, Feng, Wang, & van IJzendoorn, 2020; Polimanti et al., 2019).”
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- Authors
- van IJzendoorn, M. H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Duschinsky, R., Fox, N. A., Goldman, P. S., Gunnar, M. R., Johnson, D. E., Nelson, C. A., Reijman, S., Skinner, G. C. M., Zeanah, C. H., & Sonuga-Barke, E. J. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Tulane University (US)
- King's College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J S
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Lancet Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-08
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 703-720
- ISSN
- 2215-0366 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3036167712
- Cited by
- 306
- References
- 107
- Citations by year
- 2026: 59 · 2025: 48 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 51 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 11
- FWCI
- 50.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Scopus (Elsevier) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- institutional care, deinstitutionalization, institutionalization, child development, child well-being, institutionalized children, quality of care, family-based care
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Attention, Child, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Deinstitutionalization, Female, Humans, Infant, Institutionalization, Male
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