社会贫困幼儿的认知恢复:布加勒斯特早期干预项目
Charles A Nelson1, Charles H Zeanah, Nathan A Fox
1Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
概括
机构中的儿童表现出较差的认知发育. 早期安置在寄养家庭显著改善了认知结果,特别是对于年幼的孩子,强调了家庭环境的好处.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 儿童福利研究 儿童福利研究
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 早期的制度化可能会对儿童的发展产生负面影响.
- 了解机构照顾与寄养照顾的影响对于儿童福利至关重要.
- 识别认知发展的敏感时期是有效干预的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较被遗弃儿童在机构护理与寄养家庭的认知发展.
- 调查与早期制度化相关的长期认知结果.
- 为了确定是否存在敏感时期的认知发展,以应对环境变化.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种随机对照试验设计.
- 参与者是被遗弃的儿童,被随机分配到机构护理或寄养机构.
- 认知发展被评估到54个月的年龄.
主要成果:
- 留在机构的儿童表现出明显较低的认知结果.
- 与机构相比,转移到寄养家庭的儿童表现出更好的认知发展.
- 在最年轻的寄养儿童中观察到最实质性的认知增长.
结论:
- 早期制度化对认知发展有不利影响.
- 寄养服务对被遗弃儿童的认知发展具有显著的优势.
- 结果表明,认知发展是一个敏感的时期,强调及时基于家庭的安置的重要性.
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