Longitudinal studies using a "natural experiment" design: The case of adoptees from Romanian institutions

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 762-770

  Rutter, Michael ^a   Kumsta, Robert ^b   Schlotz, Wolff ^c   Sonuga Barke, Edmund ^d,e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

"pure" psychosocial deprivation; adoptee design; causal inference; deprivation specific patterns; natural experiment

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY GROWTH; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEAD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; ROMANIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AGE FACTORS; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864344801     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.05.011     Document Type: Review

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