Early caregiving quality predicts consistency of competent functioning from middle childhood to adolescence following early psychosocial deprivation.

ABSTRACT: Adverse developmental outcomes for some children following institutional care are well established. Removal from institutional care and placement into families can promote recovery. However, little is known about how positive outcomes are sustained across adolescence among children with histories of severe deprivation. The present study examined the caregiving conditions that are associated with attaining and maintaining competent functioning (i.e., outcomes within typical levels) from middle childhood to adolescence following exposure to early institutional care. The participants included children with and without a history of institutional care who had competence assessed at ages 8, 12, and 16 years across seven domains: family relationships, peer relationships, academic performance, phy

SUBMITTER: Guyon-Harris KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7332404 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature