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COMMENTARY ON KOLUCHOVA'S “SEVERE DEPRIVATION IN TWINS: A CASE STUDY”
Author(s) -
Clarke A. D. B.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1972.tb01123.x
Subject(s) - neglect , psychology , context (archaeology) , developmental psychology , remedial education , isolation (microbiology) , social isolation , malnutrition , maternal deprivation , psychiatry , medicine , history , archaeology , mathematics education , pathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
SUMMARY Koluchova's on‐going study of twin boys who suffered extreme deprivation between 18 months and 7 yr, and who thereafter received remedial treatment, is discussed in the context of relevant literature. Malnutrition, cruelly, neglect and considerable isolation over 51/2 yr did not predestine them permanently to the condition of severe subnormality which they manifested on discovery. Their greatly accelerated development confirms similar work and sheds some light on the interaction of constitutional and environmental factors in the formation of human characteristics. Results underline the inadequacy of theories stressing the over‐riding importance of early experiences for later growth.