TABLE 1.
Overview of the assessment instruments (Wave 1 and 2).
| Wave | Type of data | Instrument (References) | Subconstruct |
| 1 | Administrative records and information provided by staff members of the care institutions | n.a. | Demographic Variables/Family background |
| Contact with the family | |||
| Information on institutional stay | |||
| Health status | |||
| Childcare circumstances and practices (on institutional level) | |||
| Standardized tests | Brunet–Lézine (Brunet and Lézine, 1955) | Overall development (children up to 2.7 years) | |
| Termann–Merill (Terman and Merrill, 1937) | Overall development (children up to 4.6 years) | ||
| Schweizertest (Biäsch and Fischer, 1969) | Overall development (children up to 7.6 years) | ||
| n.a. | Body Weight and Height | ||
| Observational data | n.a. (part of the data scored according to Thalmann’s symptom-burden scale, Thalmann, 1971) | Behavior | |
| Interaction | |||
| Childcare circumstances and practices (on institutional level) | |||
| 2 | Administrative records and information provided by parents/caregivers | n.a. | Demographic Variables/Family background |
| Care history | |||
| Academic career | |||
| Health status and pubertal development | |||
| Standardized tests/questionnaires | WIP (Dahl, 1972) | Cognitive abilities | |
| Kinder-Angst-Test (Thurner and Tewes, 1969) | Mental health | ||
| Rorschach-Test (Bohm, 1965) | Personality | ||
| Foto-Hand-Test (Belschner et al., 1971) | Aggressive behavior | ||
| Sohnaufsatz (Ungricht, 1955) | Graphology | ||
| Baumtest (Koch, 1957) | Character/affective development | ||
| Sociogram (Bastin, 1967) | Social status | ||
| Polaritätenprofil (Instrument developed for the present study) | Personality, learning and academic behavior | ||
| n.a. | Body Weight and Height | ||
| Semi-structured interviews | n.a. (part of the data scored according to Thalmann’s symptom-burden scale, Thalmann, 1971) | Care histories, development, social relationships, and education |