Institutional rearing, parenting difficulties and marital support
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 14 (1) , 107-124
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700003111
Abstract
Synopsis A prospective follow-up study was undertaken of two groups of women first studied in the mid 1960s when they were children: 94 girls reared in institutions to which they had been admitted because of a breakdown in parenting, and 51 girls in a general population comparison group. Both groups were interviewed in detail when aged 21–27 years and home observations were undertaken for those with young children. The institution-reared women showed a markedly increased rate of poor psychosocial functioning and of severe parenting difficulties in adult life. However, the support of a non-deviant spouse and of good living conditions in adult life provided a powerful protective effect.Keywords
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