Developmental catch-up, and deficit, following adoption after severe global early privation

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 465-476

  Rutter, Michael ^a   Andersen Wood, Lucie ^a   Beckett, Celia ^a   Bredenkamp, Diana ^a   Castle, Jenny ^a   Dunn, Judy ^a   Ehrich, Kathryn ^a   Groothues, Christine ^a   Harborne, Alexandra ^a   Hay, Dale ^a   Jewett, Jessica ^a   Keaveney, Lisa ^a   Kreppner, Jana ^a   Messer, Julie ^a   O'Connor, Thomas ^a   Quinton, David ^a   White, Adele ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Institution rearing; Malnutrition; Preschool children; Psychological privation; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROMANIA;

ADOPTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; ROMANIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031945718     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098002236     Document Type: Article

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