Institutional care: Risk from family background or pattern of rearing?

Article Abstract:

Children receiving substitute parental care often experience emotional and behavioural disturbance. The effects of institutional rearing were examined by comparing two groups of primary school children reared in substitute care, 19 in residential group and 19 in continuous stable foster family care. The combined substitute care groups showed a high rate of hyperactivity and inattention, particularly the institutional group.

Social aspects, Child psychology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Institutional care, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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Institutional care: associations between overactivity and lack of selectivity in social relationships

Article Abstract:

A study was made to see the behavior of children raised in institutional care and those raised by foster families. Lack of attention and overactivity seen in children of both groups and other differences are discussed.

United States, Science & research, Children, Child behavior, Foster parents, Child behaviour

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Possible mediating mechanisms

Article Abstract:

Forty-one children aged nine and 11 years and living in Greece residential care facilities and 41 age- and sex-matched family care children participated in a study which examined factors affecting childrens' behavior and social adjustment. The subjects were observed in the classroom and playground, and questionnaires for assessing their behavior were administered to caregivers, teachers and the children themselves. Predictive measures including the child's reason for admission and presence of parental mental disorder were identified. Children under institutional care showed lack of trust in peer relationships.

Psychological aspects, Residential care facilities, Behavior disorders in children, Childhood mental disorders, Orphans, Group homes for children, Children's group homes

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