A study of three children growing up in institution, and its implications for working towards a better environment for child development

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
So-wah, Diana Lo
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Growing Up

Growing Up in a Lesbian Family: Effects on Child Development

1998 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony R. D'Augelli ◽  
Fiona L. Tasker ◽  
Susan Golombok
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Family Effects ◽  
Lesbian Family

Child Development: The Process of Growing up in Society

1953 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
Sylvester Theisen ◽  
William Martin ◽  
Celia Stendler
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Growing Up

scholarly journals Growing up Healthy in Families Across the Globe: Cross-Cultural Harmonisation of Childhood Risk-Factors Using Longitudinal Studies from Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1921-1935
Author(s):  
Patty Doran ◽  
Paul Bradshaw ◽  
Susan Morton ◽  
El-Shadan Tautolo ◽  
James Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Risk Factor Model ◽  
Smoking In Pregnancy ◽  
Development Outcomes

Abstract The Growing Up Healthy in Families Across the Globe project is an international collaboration examining the potential for harmonised analysis using five longitudinal studies (from New Zealand, Ireland and Scotland). All five studies follow the lives of children, are interested in the dynamics of family change and work to inform policy to potentially improve population well-being across the life-course. Comparative analysis from harmonised longitudinal studies, where change over time is emphasised, provides a unique view to determine how and why environments change, which environments are supportive and which are not. This paper discusses the challenges and tasks involved when preparing and conducting harmonised analysis, and initial findings from the Growing Up Healthy project are discussed. The studies were, from New Zealand, Te Hoe Nuku Roa, the Pacific Island Families Study and Growing Up in New Zealand, and from Scotland and Ireland Growing Up in Scotland and Growing Up in Ireland. Post hoc data harmonisation of measures resulted in the identification of several closely aligned variables. The harmonised descriptive variables from the five studies highlight many similarities across the studies. A risk factor model to predict child development outcomes (using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) was developed and resulted in very similar patterns of risk in New Zealand, Ireland and Scotland. Risks included: maternal relationship status, maternal education, smoking in pregnancy, maternal self-reported health and maternal long-standing illness. The insights will be of interest to all those concerned with child development in contemporary New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland and other similar countries.

scholarly journals ‘Tear down your institutions’. Empirical and evolutionary perspectives on institutional care in SOS Children’s Villages

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn ◽  
Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Growing Up

Typical large-group institutions for abandoned children or orphans are bad for the development of children. From an evolutionary perspective 24/7 institutional care by professional caregivers is outside any ‘Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness’. Hamilton’s rule makes clear why nevertheless institutional care emerged. A central question is whether small-group care in institutional settings is the exception and provides good-enough care? SOS Children’s Villages use small group housing and try to mimic a family-like child-rearing environment to promote child development. In a narrative and quantitative synthesis, the scientific evidence on the associations between growing up in SOS villages and child development in various domains is reviewed. Searches in Web of Sciences, PubMed and Google Scholar yielded 8 eligible empirical studies on N = 1,567 children (including 914 SOS children). Random effects meta-analyses were conducted on physical growth and mental health comparing SOS children with children growing up in typical institutions and in families. Results showed developmental delays of SOS children compared with their peers in families. Compared to children in typical institutions SOS children do better on mental health but worse on physical growth. The preliminary evidence suggests that SOS Children’s Villages should move away from institutional arrangements to family care.

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