Bowlby

Bowlby

1. procedure

   • 44 thieves (31 boys and 13 girls) all between the ages of 5-17
   • they all have average IQ
   • Their mothers were interviewd by social workers
   • They had to undertake a binet test to test their IQ
   • the control group were matched on age, gender and IQ
   • the mothers and children were interviewed together
   • their emotional attitude to the experiment was noted

2. Findings and conclusions

   • 14 of the thieves were affectionless and 12 out of those 14 had prolonged seperation from their mothers
   • 17 of the theives overall had prolonged seperation
   • compared to 2 of the controls
   • it's easy to conclude that prolonged serperation cause people to become theives however this is just a relationship and not conclusive.