Inattention/overactivity following early severe institutional deprivation: presentation and associations in early adolescence
Stevens, Suzanne E., Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J.S., Kreppner, Jana M., Beckett, Celia, Castle, Jenny, Colvert, Emma, Groothues, Christine, Hawkins, Amanda and Rutter, Michael (2008) Inattention/overactivity following early severe institutional deprivation: presentation and associations in early adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 385-398. (doi:10.1007/s10802-007-9185-5).
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The current study examined the persistence and phenotypic presentation of inattention/overactivity (I/O) into early adolescence, in a sample of institution reared (IR) children adopted from Romania before the age of 43 months. Total sample comprised 144 IR and 21 non-IR Romanian adoptees, and a comparison group of 52 within-UK adoptees, assessed at ages 6 and 11 years. I/O was rated using Rutter Scales completed by parents and teachers. I/O continued to be strongly associated with institutional deprivation, with continuities between ages 6 and 11 outcomes. There were higher rates of deprivation-related I/O in boys than girls, and I/O was strongly associated with conduct problems, disinhibited attachment and executive function but not IQ more generally, independently of gender. Deprivation-related I/O shares many common features with ADHD, despite its different etiology and putative developmental mechanisms. I/O is a persistent domain of impairment following early institutional deprivation of 6 months or more, suggesting there may be a possible pathway to impairment through some form of neuro-developmental programming during critical periods of early development.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0091-0627 (print) |
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| Keywords: | inattention/overactivity, early deprivation, romanian institutional rearing, international adoption |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Psychology > Division of Clinical Neuroscience |
| Item ID: | 50139 |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 12:49 |
| Contributors: | Stevens, Suzanne E. (Author) Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J.S. (Author) Kreppner, Jana M. (Author) Beckett, Celia (Author) Castle, Jenny (Author) Colvert, Emma (Author) Groothues, Christine (Author) Hawkins, Amanda (Author) Rutter, Michael (Author) |
| Date: | April 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/50139 |
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