The impact of early and late childcare experience on cognitive functions
Introduction Previous studies have found long lasting cognitive delays among children with early childcare experience, especially institutionalised experience. However, little is known about institutions’ effect in late childhood. Objectives Our goal is to identify the characteristics of cognitive...
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Introduction
Previous studies have found long lasting cognitive delays among children with early childcare experience, especially institutionalised experience. However, little is known about institutions’ effect in late childhood.
Objectives
Our goal is to identify the characteristics of cognitive functions in connection to attachment related anxiety among adopted children and children living in institutional care.
Methods
The participants’ (N=68, Mage=14.20, 29 boys and 39 girls) cognitive functions were measured with the following tests: Rey15 Memory Task, Knock And Tap Task, Simon Says Test, Verbal Fluency Task, D-KEFS 20 Questions Test. Participants completed two questionnaires: the Family Affluence Scale and the Experiences In Close Relationships Revised Scale. The results from the adopted children (N=19) and children living in institutional care (N=18) were compared to the matched control group: children living with their biological parents (N=31).
Results
Children living in institutional care did not differ significantly from their (SES-based) matched controls. Children adopted after the age of 2 years (N=7, M =56,57month) and the low SES control group (N=14) differed from the high SES control group on tests of attention (Verbal Fluency Task, Mhigh.c.=212.50, Mad.aft.2=193.50, U=59.50, z=-2.62, p=0.009) and verbal memory (Rey15, Mhigh.c.=17.94, Mad.aft.2=9.18, U=35.00, z=-2.79, p=0.005). Children adopted before the age of 2 years differed from the high SES control as well, in inhibition (Simon Says Test, Mhigh.c.=12.26, Mad.bef.2=18.88, U=55.55, z
=-2.23, p=0.026).
Conclusions
Our findings suggest that only in the early years is child protection experience associated with long-lasting cognitive delays and attachment related anxiety.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-72c34dc1d5a74aee8c8c7c45a770a20f2023-11-17T05:09:08ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S614S61410.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1573The impact of early and late childcare experience on cognitive functionsA.Z. Békefi0J. Kárpáti1J. Futó2Eötvös Loránd University, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, HungaryEötvös Loránd University, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, HungaryEötvös Loránd University, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, Hungary Introduction Previous studies have found long lasting cognitive delays among children with early childcare experience, especially institutionalised experience. However, little is known about institutions’ effect in late childhood. Objectives Our goal is to identify the characteristics of cognitive functions in connection to attachment related anxiety among adopted children and children living in institutional care. Methods The participants’ (N=68, Mage=14.20, 29 boys and 39 girls) cognitive functions were measured with the following tests: Rey15 Memory Task, Knock And Tap Task, Simon Says Test, Verbal Fluency Task, D-KEFS 20 Questions Test. Participants completed two questionnaires: the Family Affluence Scale and the Experiences In Close Relationships Revised Scale. The results from the adopted children (N=19) and children living in institutional care (N=18) were compared to the matched control group: children living with their biological parents (N=31). Results Children living in institutional care did not differ significantly from their (SES-based) matched controls. Children adopted after the age of 2 years (N=7, M =56,57month) and the low SES control group (N=14) differed from the high SES control group on tests of attention (Verbal Fluency Task, Mhigh.c.=212.50, Mad.aft.2=193.50, U=59.50, z=-2.62, p=0.009) and verbal memory (Rey15, Mhigh.c.=17.94, Mad.aft.2=9.18, U=35.00, z=-2.79, p=0.005). Children adopted before the age of 2 years differed from the high SES control as well, in inhibition (Simon Says Test, Mhigh.c.=12.26, Mad.bef.2=18.88, U=55.55, z =-2.23, p=0.026). Conclusions Our findings suggest that only in the early years is child protection experience associated with long-lasting cognitive delays and attachment related anxiety. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822015735/type/journal_articlechildcareExecutive functionsinstitutionalisationattachment security |
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