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Maternal Deprivation Theory
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- 1Seperationshort-term disruption of an attachment bond
- 2Robertson and Robertson (19711969 - John age 17 months, secure attachment with mother, extreme distress when he was in nursery for 9 days while mum was in hospital, on return he was confused and struggled to get away from her showing negative effects of serparation going through a PDD model
- 3Deprivationlong-term disruption of an attachment bond e.g. divorce, death or imprisonment
- 4Privationnever having formed an attachment bond
- 5Koluchuva (1972/1991)identical twins, mother died shortly after birth, stepmother locked them in cellar for 5 and a half years giving regular beatings, father absent from home , found at age 7 underdeveloped, lacked speech and meanings, after time at special school and adopted, they functioned normally
- 6Curtiss (1977)Genie was denied human interaction, beaten and strapped to potty seat until found at age 13, couldn't stand or speak and spent a lot of time spitting after years of therapy she went into foster homes where she was abused further and therefore deteriorated mentally and physically
- 7Institutionalizationchildcare provided by orphanages and childrens homes
- 8Affectionless Psychopathyinability to show affection or concern for others
- 9Bowlby (1944)44 juvenile thieves with a control group of non-thieves who suffered emotional problems, 32% of thieves show affectionless psychopathy which was not shown in control group, 86% of affectionless psychopaths experienced maternal separation compared to 17% of those who weren't affectionless psychopaths
- 10Tizard and Hodges (1978)studied children in institutions, high staff turnovers and policy of no relationships formed, some remained there, others adopted and others restored. looked at age 4,8 and 16. children in institution had no attachments and problems with peers, adopted had strong attachment with family but problems externally and restored had poor relationships and behaviour issues
- 11Rutter et al (1998)Romanian orphan longitudinal study, adopted before 6 months, between 6 months and 2 years and after 2 years, initially assessed against British adopted children. 50% of Romanian orphans were retarded in cognitive function whereas control group showed no deficits. Age 4, those adopted before 6 months showed improvements as well as British chilren
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- AS - Level Psychology (Developmental Psychology) Flashcards on Maternal Deprivation Theory, created by Abbie Murray on 22/03/2016.
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