@article {444,
	title = {The effects of global severe privation on cognitive competence: extension and longitudinal follow-up. English and Romanian Adoptees Study Team.},
	journal = {Child Dev},
	volume = {71},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000 Mar-Apr},
	pages = {376-90},
	abstract = {<p>The current study extends previous research on a sample of children adopted into the United Kingdom following severe early deprivation and a comparison sample of nondeprived, within-country, early adoptees. We assessed 165 children adopted from Romania and 52 U.K. adoptees at age 6 years. Longitudinal data (at age 4 and 6 years) were available on 111 Romanian adoptees placed into U.K. homes before 24 months of age and on all U.K. adoptees. Results indicated that there was considerable catch-up among late-placed Romanian children from entry into the United Kingdom to age 6, but as a group they exhibited lower cognitive scores and general developmental impairment compared with earlier adopted Romanian children. In addition, the resilience suggested at the assessment at age 4 years was maintained longitudinally, but there was no further evidence of catch-up or recovery.</p>
},
	keywords = {Anthropometry, Child, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Cognition Disorders, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Social Environment},
	issn = {0009-3920},
	author = {O{\textquoteright}Connor, T G and Rutter, M and Beckett, C and Keaveney, L and Kreppner, J M}
}
