Abstract

The intent of this project is to experimentally improve the stability and consistency of caregiving staff and to train them to be more socially responsive and developmentally appropriate in a St. Petersburg, Russia, baby home for children birth to 4 years, and to observe the consequences of such improved caregiving on early mental health, including the physical development, mental/developmental and social-emotional growth of the children who are adopted into the U.S.A. The development of children within the intervention baby home will be compared with baseline information, a baby home receiving training but no staffing changes, and a baby home receiving no intervention. Longer-term progress of children adopted into the USA will be compared with non-treated children from the same homes, adopted children from other St. Petersburg baby homes, home-reared American children, and perhaps unselected foreign adopted children in Minnesota.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
3R01HD039017-02S1
Application #
6444449
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1 (01))
Program Officer
Feerick, Margaret M
Project Start
2000-04-01
Project End
2005-03-31
Budget Start
2001-04-01
Budget End
2002-03-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$42,177
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Pittsburgh
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
053785812
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
15213

  Publications

Chernego, Daria I; McCall, Robert B; Wanless, Shannon B et al. (2018) The Effect of a Social-Emotional Intervention on the Development of Preterm Infants in Institutions. Infants Young Child 31:37-52
Hawk, Brandi N; Mccall, Robert B; Groark, Christina J et al. (2018) CAREGIVER SENSITIVITY AND CONSISTENCY AND CHILDREN'S PRIOR FAMILY EXPERIENCE AS CONTEXTS FOR EARLY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN INSTITUTIONS. Infant Ment Health J 39:432-448
Julian, Megan M; McCall, Robert B (2016) Social Skills in Children Adopted from Socially-Emotionally Depriving Institutions. Adopt Q 19:44-62
Merz, Emily C; Harlé, Katia M; Noble, Kimberly G et al. (2016) Executive Function in Previously Institutionalized Children. Child Dev Perspect 10:105-110
Hawk, Brandi N; McCall, Robert B (2014) Perceived relationship quality in adolescents following early social-emotional deprivation. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 19:439-59
Hawk, Brandi N; Wright, Amanda; Julian, Megan M et al. (2013) Potential Selective Responding in a Parent Questionnaire Study of Post-Institutionalized Children. Adopt Q 16:97-107
McCall, Robert B; Groark, Christina J; Fish, Larry et al. (2013) Maintaining a social-emotional intervention and its benefits for institutionalized children. Child Dev 84:1734-49
Merz, Emily C; McCall, Robert B; Groza, Victor (2013) Parent-reported executive functioning in postinstitutionalized children: a follow-up study. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 42:726-33
Julian, Megan M (2013) Age at adoption from institutional care as a window into the lasting effects of early experiences. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 16:101-45
Merz, Emily C; McCall, Robert B; Wright, Amanda J et al. (2013) Inhibitory control and working memory in post-institutionalized children. J Abnorm Child Psychol 41:879-90

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