scholarly journals The Effects of Psychosocial Deprivation on Attachment: Lessons from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan A. Fox ◽  
Charles A. Nelson ◽  
Charles H. Zeanah
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Psychosocial Deprivation ◽  
Early Intervention Project

scholarly journals Psychosocial deprivation and receptive language ability: a two-sample study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn L. Humphreys ◽  
Laura S. Machlin ◽  
Katherine L. Guyon-Harris ◽  
Charles A. Nelson ◽  
Nathan A. Fox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Receptive Language ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Psychosocial Deprivation ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Early Intervention Project

Abstract Background The quality of early caregiving experiences is a known contributor to the quality of the language experiences young children receive. What is unknown is whether, and if so, how psychosocial deprivation early in life is associated with long-lasting receptive language outcomes. Methods Two prospective longitudinal studies examining early psychosocial deprivation/neglect in different contexts (i.e., deprivation due to institutional care or deprivation experienced by children residing within US families) and receptive language as assessed via the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) were used to assess the magnitude of these associations. First, 129 participants from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a randomized controlled trial of foster care as an alternative to institutional care in Romania, completed a receptive language assessment at age 18 years. Second, from the USA, 3342 participants from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study were assessed from infancy until middle childhood. Results Children exposed to early institutional care, on average, had lower receptive language scores than their never institutionalized counterparts in late adolescence. While randomization to an early foster care intervention had no long-lasting association with PPVT scores, the duration of childhood exposure to institutional care was negatively associated with receptive language. Psychosocial deprivation in US families was also negatively associated with receptive language longitudinally, and this association remained statistically significant even after accounting for measures of socioeconomic status. Conclusion Experiences of psychosocial deprivation may have long-lasting consequences for receptive language ability, extending to age 18 years. Psychosocial deprivation is an important prospective predictor of poorer receptive language. Trial registration Bucharest Early Intervention Project ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00747396

Ethical considerations in international research collaboration: The Bucharest early intervention project

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 559-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES H. ZEANAH ◽  
SEBASTIAN F. KOGA ◽  
BOGDAN SIMION ◽  
ALIN STANESCU ◽  
CRISTIAN L. TABACARU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
International Research ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
International Research Collaboration ◽  
Early Intervention Project

Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project

Science ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 318 (5858) ◽  
pp. 1937-1940 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Nelson ◽  
C. H. Zeanah ◽  
N. A. Fox ◽  
P. J. Marshall ◽  
A. T. Smyke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Cognitive Recovery ◽  
Early Intervention Project
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