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A commentary on deprivation-specific psychological patterns: effects of institutional deprivation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20500642     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This monograph will likely become a classic. It provides critical insights into identifying which threads to pull in the "web of causation" (see chapter IX) to discern the impact of adverse early life experiences, and it provides guidance regarding how to identify patterns of behavior that are likely to reflect the impact of such experiences. Not everyone will agree with all the decisions and, hence, all the conclusions made by these authors. Indeed, I have concerns about some of them as I discuss below. However, the authors provide access to their deliberative process in such a rich way that the reader can follow not only what they did but also the many considerations behind their choices, their own equivocating and reversals as more data accumulated, and the broad theoretical concerns that guided their decisions. Because "natural experiments" always confront researchers with difficult choices among never perfect options, their decision to provide a detailed discussion of their deliberative process, in addition to the richness of their data and the importance of their topic, is what makes this a likely classic in the field.
Authors:
Megan R Gunnar
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development     Volume:  75     ISSN:  1540-5834     ISO Abbreviation:  Monogr Soc Res Child Dev     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-26     Completed Date:  2010-09-17     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7508397     Medline TA:  Monogr Soc Res Child Dev     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  232-47     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adoption*
Child
Humans
Institutionalization*
Intelligence
Psychosocial Deprivation*
Questionnaires
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
MH078105/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; MH079513/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; MH080905/MH/NIMH NIH HHS

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