1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143137603321

Titolo

The effects of early social-emotional and relationship experience on the development of young orphanage children / / The St. Petersburg-USA Orphanage Research Team ; with commentary by Susan C. Crockenberg [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-282-37086-3

9786612370861

1-4443-0968-4

1-4443-0969-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; ; Serial number 291, Volume 73, Number 3

Disciplina

362.73

Soggetti

Orphans - Russia (Federation) - Psychology

Child development - Russia (Federation)

Developmental psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The Effects of Early Social-Emotional and Relationship Experience on the Development of Young Orphanage Children; CONTENTS; ABSTRACT; I. THEORETICAL, EMPIRICAL, AND PRACTICAL RATIONALE; II. BABY HOMES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION; III. RESEARCH DESIGN AND INTERVENTIONS; IV. ASSESSMENTS; V. EVIDENCE THAT THE INTERVENTIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED AS PLANNED; VI. CAREGIVER BEHAVIOR ON THE WARDS (HOME INVENTORY); VII. ORPHANAGE STAFF ATTITUDES, PERCEPTIONS, AND FEELINGS; VIII. INTERVENTION EFFECTS ON PHYSICAL GROWTH

IX. THE EFFECTS OF THE INTERVENTION ON CHILDREN'S GENERAL BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT (BATTELLE DEVELOPMENTAL INVENTORY)X. EFFECTS OF THE INTERVENTIONS OF CAREGIVER-CHILD INTERACTIONS DURING FREE PLAY (PCERA); XI. INTERVENTION EFFECTS ON



CAREGIVER-CHILD INTERACTIONS (INFANT AFFECT MANUAL, ATTACHMENT VARIABLES); XII. SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; COMMENTARY; HOW VALID ARE THE RESULTS OF THE ST. PETERSBURG-USA ORPHANAGE INTERVENTION STUDY AND WHAT DO THEY MEAN FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN?

INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON CHILDREN: DESIGN ISSUES AND SUBSTANTIVE FINDINGSEARLIER IS BETTER: A META-ANALYSIS OF 70 YEARS OF INTERVENTION IMPROVING COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILDREN; CONTRIBUTORS; STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY

Sommario/riassunto

Undertaken at orphanages in Russia, this study tests the role of early social and emotion experience in the development of children. Children were exposed to either multiple caregivers who performed routine duties in a perfunctory manner with minimal interaction or fewer caregivers who were trained to engage in warm, responsive, and developmentally appropriate interactions during routine care.  Engaged and responsive caregivers were associated with substantial improvements in child development and these findings provide a rationale for making similar improvements in other institutions, program