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The effects of severe psychosocial deprivation and foster care intervention on cognitive development at 8 years of age: findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project
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Background: Previous reports from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project suggested that children removed from institutions and placed into intervention displayed gains in IQ relative to children randomized to remain in institutional care. Method: The current report presents data from the 8‐year follow‐up of these children. One hundred and three of the original 136 children in the study were tested with the WISC IV. Results: Results reveal continued benefit from the intervention even though many of the children in both the intervention and control groups were no longer residing in their initial placements. Gains in IQ were particularly evident for those children who remained with their intervention family. There were also modest timing effects such that children placed earlier displayed higher scores on the WISC processing speed subscale. Early placement was also a significant predictor of a profile of stable, typical IQ scores over time. Conclusion: These data suggest the continued importance of early intervention and the negative effects of severe psychosocial deprivation on the development of IQ scores across early childhood.
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“second, they suggest that there is a potential for remediation of these negative cognitive effects if the child is removed from an institution and placed in a “typical” family environment.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Conclusion
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“Early placement was also a significant predictor of a profile of stable, typical IQ scores over time.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Results
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“Gains in IQ were particularly evident for those children who remained with their intervention family.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Results
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“There were also modest timing effects such that children placed earlier displayed higher scores on the WISC processing speed subscale.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Results
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“These relations were not significant for the FCG group.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Is there a continuing effect of the early intervention on IQ at age 8?
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“and processing speed (F(2,61) = 7.91, p < .001, partial η2 = .21)”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Is there a continuing effect of the early intervention on IQ at age 8?
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“A univariate ANOVA revealed a significant effect of group (F (1,51) = 4.95, p = .031)”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Were there timing effects within the FCG related to trajectories of IQ?
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“Children initially assigned to the intervention who were currently living in BEIP foster care scored significantly higher on these subscales, compared to those who left the intervention placement context.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Is there a continuing effect of the early intervention on IQ at age 8?
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“Duration of deprivation was significantly and positively correlated with the probability of membership in the very low IQ profile (r = .43, p = .002).”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Were there timing effects within the FCG related to trajectories of IQ?
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“Post-hoc pairwise comparisons indicated that children living in BEIP foster care had higher full scale sores compared to children living in government foster care.”
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“Results reveal continued benefit from the intervention even though many of the children in both the intervention and control groups were no longer residing in their initial placements.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Results
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“On the other hand 16 CAUG children had scores of 70 or below at age 8 on full scale IQ, and 12 FCG children had similar low scores on full scale IQ at age 8.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Mean IQ Data at Age 8
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“results revealed a significant relation between language and IQ suggesting that children with poorer language abilities were significantly more likely to have a very low IQ profile (r = .44, p = .002).”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What factors predict longitudinal profiles of IQ for each of the two groups of institutionalized children?
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“The result revealed a marginally significant effect of group (F(1,100) = 3.64, p =.059), suggesting that children in the CAU showed greater change in IQ (M = 4.77, SD = 9.64) than did children in the FCG (M = .04, SD = 14.45).”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Is there a continuing effect of the early intervention on IQ at age 8?
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“Results revealed no significant relations between any of these factors and profile membership.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What factors predict longitudinal profiles of IQ for each of the two groups of institutionalized children?
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“Specifically, children in the CAU showed modest increases in full scale IQ scores over time, while children in the FCG showed little change.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Is there a continuing effect of the early intervention on IQ at age 8?
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“Scores on the perceptual (F(1,104) = .29, ns), working memory (F(1,104) = 1.84, ns) and processing speed (F(1,104) = 1.34, ns) subscales were not significantly different for the two groups.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Is there a continuing effect of the early intervention on IQ at age 8?
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“All but 9 children in the study were placed prior to 3 month of age into institutions.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Method > Measures and Procedures
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“indicating that children placed in foster care before 26 months of age were significantly more likely to have a typical IQ profile, while children placed after were significantly more likely have a very low profile.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Were there timing effects within the FCG related to trajectories of IQ?
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“Thus, the two profile model was chosen as the best representation of the data.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What are the longitudinal profiles of IQ amongst children with a history of institutionalization?
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“None of these factors predicted IQ profile membership in this group.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What factors predict longitudinal profiles of IQ for each of the two groups of institutionalized children?
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“Inspection of the distribution of the full scale scores revealed that 16 children in the CAUG had full scale scores of 85 or above while 28 of the FCG children had scores at or above 85 on full scale IQ.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Mean IQ Data at Age 8
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“we found that there was a significant positive change (increase in IQ) for the CAUG but not for the FCG”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“Second, amongst the CAUG, IQ over age either remained low but stable or tended to increase.”
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“By the time children were 4-6 years of age, the children who were below the age of 6 months when they were adopted appeared to catch up to their British born adopted controls, though the children adopted from Romania after the age of 6 months manifested deficits in IQ.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Conclusion
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- Not matchedcites Rutter et al, 1998
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“Previous reports from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project suggested that children removed from institutions and placed into intervention displayed gains in IQ relative to children randomized to remain in institutional care.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Background
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“The best human analog of animal deprivation studies is infants who are raised in institutions.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Conclusion
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“While initial reports from this study suggested that children adopted between the ages of 6-24 months had higher IQ scores compared to those adopted at a later age, subsequent follow up of this sample at age 11 found that the gains by the group adopted between 6-24 months did not persist.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Conclusion
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- Not matchedcites Rutter et al, 2010
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“Rodents and non-human primates deprived of typical social contact early in life develop atypical cognitive and social behaviors (Harlow, Dodsworth & Harlow, 1965).”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Conclusion
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Harlow, Dodsworth & Harlow, 1965 source
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“These authors also found that age of at which the child was tested was an important moderator, with young children seemingly more impaired at test than older children.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Conclusion
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites van Ijzendoorn, Luijk, & Juffer, 2008 source
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“Like all studies of internationally adopted children, there may have been a selection bias in the choice of who was adopted or selected from the institutions and who remained.”
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“Although children who were adopted prior to six months of age exhibited “typical” IQ scores at age 11, those adopted after 6 months displayed low IQ scores similar to those adopted after 24 months of age.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Conclusion
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- Not matchedcites Rutter et al, 2010
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“SEMM was chosen as a method for examining developmental patterns in IQ from 30 to 8 years because it allows for the estimation of qualitatively different groups (i.e., latent profiles) when group membership cannot be determined a priori (Bauer & Curran, 2004).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Bauer & Curran, 2004 source
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“In addition, 38 children from the NIG were included as a comparison group.”
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- Rests on an assumption: The never-institutionalized children recruited from Bucharest pediatric clinics are comparable to the institutionalized groups on all relevant characteristics except institutional rearing.
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“Infants and young children who were between 6 and 31 months of age and living in institutions in Bucharest, Romania, were randomly assigned either to receive care as usual (continued institutional rearing) or be placed into foster care homes”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Abstract > Conclusion
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Zeanah et al., 2003 source
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“All of the IQ scales were administered by trained and reliable Romanian psychologists.”
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“reflecting the importance of early intervention.”
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“An examination of the two-profile model revealed that it had an acceptable number of members in each profile (n’s of 21 and 43), and the average posterior probabilities of membership were both greater than 0.95.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What are the longitudinal profiles of IQ amongst children with a history of institutionalization?
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“The pattern of data here are somewhat different from those reported by Rutter and colleagues but not inconsistent.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“Rutter and colleagues report that infants placed into adoptive homes below the age of 6 months of age showed sustained increases in IQ but those older than 6 months (but younger than 24 months of age) did not sustain gains in IQ as a result of being adopted out of institutions and placed in British families.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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- Not matchedcites Rutter and colleagues
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“An examination of the two-profile model revealed that it had an acceptable number of members in each profile (n’s of 43 and 19), and the average posterior probabilities of membership were both greater than 0.92.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What are the longitudinal profiles of IQ amongst children with a history of institutionalization?
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“Although SEMM is a useful analysis for longitudinal data, the classes (profiles) do not necessarily represent qualitatively distinct groups in the general population.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“Thus, Rutter and colleagues (2004) found that these indicators (birthweight, head circumference) were positively associated with IQ gains.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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- Not matchedcites Rutter and colleagues (2004)
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“With respect to the profile analyses, the relatively small sample size may have restricted our ability to find more than two profiles of IQ.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“Prior to the baseline assessment, a large sample of institutionalized children was screened carefully for obvious neurological and genetic anomalies.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“Second, the relatively small sample size may account for the modest effect sizes reported in the paper.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“and of those functions that are, there will be variation in the bandwidth of that sensitive period.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“Other studies with larger samples and thus larger variance in IQ might find additional profiles across childhood.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“Prior studies using cross-sectional approaches have concluded that IQ continues to decrease over time in institution.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“suggesting perhaps that the lack of continued significant decrease may also be a result of change in placement.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“The differences may be attributable to sample differences in the two studies.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“It may be that infants provided with this early experience gain more if the enriched context is maintained.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“For example, Sroufe (2005) found that quality of attachment was most predictive for children who lived in a consistent quality of environment across childhood.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Sroufe (2005) source
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“Instead, they represent patterns that exist within the sample examined (Bauer & Curran, 2004).”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Bauer & Curran, 2004 source
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“it is not surprising that there may be different sensitive periods for different aspects of cognition.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“Thus, for children raised in extremely adverse environments, these results underscore the importance of both early experiences and the enduring quality of care for their cognitive development.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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“indicating that the early intervention effects remained stable while most probably the changes in life circumstances for the majority of the institutionalized children led to small increases in IQ over time.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
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The paper relies on this without support.
Children who were lost to follow-up or lacked IQ data at age 8 do not differ systematically from those included in ways that bias the group comparisons.
“At 8 years, 53 FCG children and 50 CAU children remained in the study, had IQ data available, and were the subjects of the present analyses.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The never-institutionalized children recruited from Bucharest pediatric clinics are comparable to the institutionalized groups on all relevant characteristics except institutional rearing.
“An additional group of 72 children were recruited from pediatric clinics in communities throughout Bucharest to act as a control group (Never Institutionalized Group, NIG), and were matched to the initial institutional group on sex and age.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Original random assignment remains a valid basis for estimating intervention effects even after many children changed living arrangements.
“The first set of analyses examined the outcome of the intervention using an “intent to treat” approach. That is, children’s scores were analyzed according to their originally assigned groups (care as usual and foster care groups) across the eight years of study, despite subsequent changes in group status.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The foster care placements provided by BEIP were of sufficient quality and stability to serve as a valid intervention for severe psychosocial deprivation.
“Infants and young children who were between 6 and 31 months of age and living in institutions in Bucharest, Romania, were randomly assigned either to receive care as usual (continued institutional rearing) or be placed into foster care homes”
The paper relies on this without support.
The Romanian government created a foster care system and began placing institutionalized children with families.
“Second, at the same time, the Romanian government created a foster care system of their own and began placing institutionalized children with families.”
The paper relies on this without support.
IQ assessment with the WISC at age 8 is heavily language dependent.
“IQ assessment with the WISC at age 8 is heavily language dependent”
The paper relies on this without support.
Rutter and colleagues could not screen for neurological and genetic anomalies because they began their study when children were already adopted into UK homes.
“In contrast, Rutter and colleagues could not do this type of screening, since they began their study when children were already adopted into UK homes.”
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“Consistent with previous analyses of discrete timepoints and domains (15-17, 19, 29), we found that, among children who received the intervention, individual differences in timing of placement into foster care between the ages of 6-33 months and the stability of this placement were associated with outcomes in several areas.”
From A Comprehensive Multilevel Analysis of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Causal Effects on Recovery From Early Severe Deprivation (2023) · cites this paper as [15]
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“Although IQs of FCG children were significantly higher than those CAUG children over time [26, 27]”
From Alternatives for abandoned children: Insights from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2017) · cites this paper as [26]
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“foster care intervention resulted in improved IQ from early childhood through age 18 years.”
From Resting brain activity in early childhood predicts IQ at 18 years (2023) · cites this paper as Fox et al., 2011
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“Studies in this cohort have shown that although multiple areas of development are impaired among ever-institutionalized children, foster care placement leads to improvement in some areas (e.g. cognition,2,3 attachment,5,6,40, language7–9, depression, anxiety,10,12 stereotypies,11 and growth41) but not in other areas”
From Motor outcomes in children exposed to early psychosocial deprivation (2014) · cites this paper as [3]
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“↑ IQ (Almas et al., 2016;Fox et al., 2011;Humphreys et al., 2022;King et al., 2023;Nelson et al., 2007)”
From Resilience following severe early life neglect: A review of longitudinal evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as Fox et al., 2011
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“children randomized to foster care exhibited higher IQ scores (Almas et al., 2016;Fox et al., 2011;Humphreys et al., 2022;King et al., 2023;Nelson et al., 2007)”
From Resilience following severe early life neglect: A review of longitudinal evidence from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2026) · cites this paper as Fox et al., 2011
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“The effects of the foster care intervention across development have been documented extensively (e.g., [14][15][16][17][18][19]).”
From A Comprehensive Multilevel Analysis of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Causal Effects on Recovery From Early Severe Deprivation (2023) · cites this paper as [15]
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“In fact, secure attachment in early childhood also predicted other subsequent outcomes, including IQ and peer relations at 8 years [26, 47].”
From Alternatives for abandoned children: Insights from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (2017) · cites this paper as [26]
In the citing paper
“Dramatic reductions in IQ among children reared in deprived institutional settings have been widely replicated, and are associated with the duration of institutional care.(93–95)”
From Neglect as a violation of species-expectant experience: neurodevelopmental consequences (2017) · cites this paper as [94]
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“Consistent with prior research examining the association between caregiving quality and IQ in childhood (6, 11), individuals who experienced higher quality of caregiving in early childhood had significantly higher FSIQ scores in early adulthood (R2 = 0.13; Fig. 2B).”
From Foster care leads to sustained cognitive gains following severe early deprivation (2022) · cites this paper as [6]
In the citing paper
“Among children in the FCG, earlier (vs. later) placement into foster care was associated with greater gains in IQ”
From Resting brain activity in early childhood predicts IQ at 18 years (2023) · cites this paper as Fox et al., 2011
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“previous research found that ever-institutionalized (EIG) children had lower intelligence quotient (IQ) scores compared with NIG children”
From Resting brain activity in early childhood predicts IQ at 18 years (2023) · cites this paper as Fox et al., 2011
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“Institutionalization during childhood results in the child's social isolation and becomes detrimental to his cognitive and social development.”
From Social isolation and its impact on child and adolescent development: a systematic review (2022) · cites this paper as [19]
In the citing paper
“Fox et al. 19 showed that socially isolated children exhibited lower scores of intelligence quotient (IQ), compared to non-isolated children of the same age.”
From Social isolation and its impact on child and adolescent development: a systematic review (2022) · cites this paper as [19]
In the citing paper
“The comparison of the results obtained by each group in the aforementioned tests was statistically significant [F(8,110)=3.09; p=0.004, η2=0.180].”
From Social isolation and its impact on child and adolescent development: a systematic review (2022) · cites this paper as [19]
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“In addition, it was noted that children who remained isolated until the end of the study had a significantly lower score on these scales, compared to those who returned to social life.”
From Social isolation and its impact on child and adolescent development: a systematic review (2022) · cites this paper as [19]
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“The author states that individuals with normal social interaction had higher scores on the verbal comprehension subscale of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) (which assesses verbal and perceptual reasoning, working memory, and processing speed) at 8 years of age, compared to those children in isolation.”
From Social isolation and its impact on child and adolescent development: a systematic review (2022) · cites this paper as [19]
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“it has been proven that situations of isolation during childhood impair the learning of new skills such as speaking, writing, and reading, especially in younger children, 19”
From Social isolation and its impact on child and adolescent development: a systematic review (2022) · cites this paper as [19]
Statistics recomputed
Every reported test result, recomputed from its test statistic and degrees of freedom. A result shows as not adding up only once an independent check has confirmed it.
- ConsistentF(1, 104) = 4.53reported p = .036 · recomputed p = .036
“F(1,104) = 4.53, p = .036”
- ConsistentF(1, 104) = 0.29reported n.s. · recomputed p = .591
“F(1,104) = .29, ns”
- ConsistentF(1, 104) = 1.84reported n.s. · recomputed p = .178
“F(1,104) = 1.84, ns”
- ConsistentF(1, 104) = 1.34reported n.s. · recomputed p = .250
“F(1,104) = 1.34, ns”
- ConsistentF(1, 103) = 3.4reported p = .07 · recomputed p = .068
“F(1,103) = 3.40, p = .07”
- ConsistentF(1, 92) = 38.84reported p < .001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(1,92) = 38.84, p < .001”
- ConsistentF(1, 92) = 56.11reported p < .001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(1,92) = 56.11, p < .001”
- ConsistentF(1, 92) = 39.76reported p < .001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(1,92) = 39.76, p < .001”
- ConsistentF(1, 92) = 13.82reported p < .001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(1,92) = 13.82, p < .001”
- ConsistentF(1, 92) = 58.02reported p < .001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(1,92) = 58.02, p < .001”
- ConsistentF(1, 100) = 3.64reported p = .059 · recomputed p = .059
“F(1,100) = 3.64, p = .059”
- ConsistentF(1, 52) = 4.89reported p = .03 · recomputed p = .031
“F(1,52) = 4.89, p = .03”
- ConsistentF(2, 61) = 3.73reported p = .03 · recomputed p = .030
“F(2,61) = 3.73, p = .03”
- ConsistentF(2, 61) = 7.91reported p < .001 · recomputed p < .001
“F(2,61) = 7.91, p < .001”
- ConsistentF(2, 61) = 2.7reported p = .075 · recomputed p = .075
“F(2,61) = 2.70, p = .075”
- ConsistentF(2, 61) = 3.65reported p = .03 · recomputed p = .032
“F(2,61) = 3.65, p = .03”
- ConsistentF(1, 54) = 4.49reported p = .04 · recomputed p = .039
“F(1,54) = 4.49, p = .04”
- ConsistentF(1, 54) = 5.96reported p = .02 · recomputed p = .018
“F(1, 54) = 5.96, p = .02”
- ConsistentF(1, 54) = 7.44reported p = .01 · recomputed p = .009
“F(1,54) = 7.44, p = .01”
- ConsistentF(1, 54) = 6.72reported p = .01 · recomputed p = .012
“F(1,54) = 6.72, p = .01”
- ConsistentF(1, 51) = 0.88reported n.s. · recomputed p = .353
“F(1,51) = .88, ns”
- ConsistentF(1, 53) = 2.54reported n.s. · recomputed p = .117
“F(1,53) = 2.54, ns”
- ConsistentF(1, 51) = 4.95reported p = .031 · recomputed p = .031
“F (1,51) = 4.95, p = .031”
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§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What factors predict longitudinal profiles of IQ for each of the two groups of institutionalized children?
“Results revealed no significant relations between socio-environmental factors and profile membership.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
“Significant predictors of IQ profiles in the CAU group included security of attachment at 42 months and language abilities.”
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§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Is there a continuing effect of the early intervention on IQ at age 8?
“those still living in BEIP foster care at age 8 (n = 22) and those now living in other contexts (e.g. government foster care, reunited with their biological family) (n = 32)”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Method > Participants
“At 8 years, 53 FCG children and 50 CAU children remained in the study, had IQ data available, and were the subjects of the present analyses.”
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§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What factors predict longitudinal profiles of IQ for each of the two groups of institutionalized children?
“Similarly, results revealed a relation between positivity and profile membership at the trend level (b = .23, t = 1.84, p = .07)”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Discussion
“In the FCG group, attachment security, positivity in the caregiving relationship, language ability, all measured at 42 months, were significantly predictive of IQ profile membership.”
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§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What factors predict longitudinal profiles of IQ for each of the two groups of institutionalized children?
“Predictors of the probability of membership in each of the three IQ profiles were examined in the CAU and FCG using linear regression analyses.”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > What are the longitudinal profiles of IQ amongst children with a history of institutionalization?
“Thus, the two profile model was chosen as the best representation of the data.”
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§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Is there a continuing effect of the early intervention on IQ at age 8?
“children currently living in BEIP foster care (FCG, n = 27)”
§ The Effects of Severe Psychosocial Deprivation and Foster Care Intervention on Cognitive Development at 8 Years of Age: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project > Results > Is there a continuing effect of the early intervention on IQ at age 8?
“those still living in BEIP foster care at age 8 (n = 22)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fox, N. A., Almas, A. N., Degnan, K. A., Nelson, C. A., & Zeanah, C. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Tulane University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-01-19
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 919-928
- ISSN
- 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7610
- PMC
- PMC4088941
- OpenAlex
- W2107947011
- Cited by
- 160
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 32.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH091363)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- psychosocial deprivation, institutional care, foster care, early intervention, cognitive development, IQ, Bucharest Early Intervention Project, processing speed, long-term follow-up, child development
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Child, Child Development, Child, Institutionalized, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Female, Foster Home Care, Humans, Hungary, Infant, Intelligence, Male, Social Isolation, Wechsler Scales
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