Institutional rearing, parenting difficulties and marital support.
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.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D002674:Child, Institutionalized / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012917:Social Adjustment