Failure to form attachment - created from Mind Map

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Hodges and Tizard (1989)

Followed a group of 65 british children

Been placed in an institution before they were 4 months old

Stayed until adolescence

Caretakers not allowed to form attachments

Not old enough to have formed attachments

70% described as not able to care deeply about anyone

Experienced early privation

Assessed regularly until 16

Some were still in institution, some had been adopted, or restored

Restored children were less likely to form attachments with mothers

Adopted kids were as closely attached to parents as control group

Both groups had problems with peers

Less likely to have a special friend, or be liked by others

Sought more attention from adults

Early privation has negative effects on the ability to form relationships

Rutter et al (2007)

100 Romanian orphans

Assessed at 4, 6 and 11

Adopted by British families before the age of six months

Those adopted after this showered disinhibited attachments

Long term consequences

'Normal' emotional development

Aren't too severe if they have oppurtunity to form attachent

If not, consequences severe

Failure to form attachment