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Developmental Psychology: 

Developmental Psychology HODGES AND TIZARD (1989)

Attachment theory: 

Attachment theory The theory That emotional deprivation in young children may have serious and long lasting effects

Attachment theory: 

Attachment theory John Bowlby (WHO 1946) The maternal deprivation hypothesis That children who are deprived of maternal care during the critical phase of their development (early childhood) will suffer irreversible psychological damage

Hodges & Tizard (1989) : 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) The method A LONGITUDINAL STUDY

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) The participants 23 children aged 16 who had been placed in an institution when they were less than 4 months old

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) The institution had a policy which insisted that ‘carers’ did not form attachments to the children before the age of 4 the children had, on average, had 50 carers

The participant groups : 

11 ‘restored’ to their biological parents 12 who were adopted by age of 4 years The participant groups

The control groups : 

The control groups Control group 1= one 16 year old in London school matched with participant for age, sex, position in the family, one or two parent family, Control group 2 = a same age & sex ‘school friend’

Slide9: 

Interview with participant interview with mother and/or father self report ‘self difficulties’ questionnaire questionnaire to teachers about relationships with peers and teachers The Rutter ‘B’ scale screening for psychiatric problems HOW WAS THE DATA COLLECTED?

FINDINGS: 

FINDINGS Relationships with family Adopted group- as closely attached as control group Restored group- LESS likely to be closely attached, LESS ‘cuddly’ harder to give affection to LESS involved with family

FINDINGS: 

FINDINGS PEER relationships (compared to controls) BOTH groups less likely to have a special friend less likely to be part of a crowd less popular with others MORE quarrelsome, MORE likely to be bullies

FINDINGS: 

FINDINGS Other adults (non- family) BOTH groups - MORE attention seeking RESTORED - more aggressive

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) The findings in brief: ALL the ex-institutional children were more ‘adult orientated’ less likely to have a special friend less likely to turn to peers for support

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) The findings in brief: BUT Within the family the adopted group and the controls were the most similar

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) The independent variable (IV) The group of the participant Ex-institutional (ADOPTED OR RESTORED) Matched control School comparison

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) The dependent variable (IV) The responses to the questionnaires and assessments relationships with family, peers and teachers

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) There are FIVE possible explanations 1st explanation Class related - the adopted families were more ‘middle class’ (better off financially) than the families of the restored children

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) There are FIVE possible explanations 2nd explanation Did the adopted children suffer from poor self esteem, as a result of being adopted, which affects outside relationships?

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) There are FIVE possible explanations 3rd explanation The adoptive parents put MORE effort into the relationship… explains why adopteds had good relationships with parents but not with peers and why restored had difficulty with ‘both’

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) There are FIVE possible explanations 4th explanation That the ability to form affectionate relationships with peers IS affected by early life emotional deprivation. Thus adopteds able to recover the family relationships but NOT with peers

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) There are FIVE possible explanations 5th explanation That ex-institutional children ‘LAG BEHIND’ the controls (normals) in emotional development, and that they may catch up later

Hodges & Tizard (1989): 

Hodges & Tizard (1989) There is another explanation not put forward by Hodges & Tizard That the parents of the restored children felt guilty because their children had been institutionalised, and that the restored children were ‘resentful’ at having been institutionalised while their siblings had not been