Maternal Deprivation

Maternal Deprivation

1. Maternal deprivation theory is Bowlby's theory is what happens when attachment breaks

   • He argues, if an attachment breaks, it can cause serious emotional, social and intellectual problems. It may even result in affectionless psychopathy
   • he argues the effect of deprivation is permanent and irreversible as well as a poor internal working model.

2. Short term separation is brief and temporary, and occurs in 3 stages:

   • Protest- external expression
   • Despair- internal expression
   • Detachment- responds to people but rejects caregiver upon return

3. Long term separation- lengthy of permanent separations from attachment figures (death or divorce

4. Privation - where a child is completely denied a chance to form an attachment