Disruption of attachment

Disruption of attachment

1. Deprivation

   • The maternal deprivation hypothesis
   • Research evidence
     • 44 juvenile thieves
     • Spitz and wolf
     • Children in brief seperation
   • Evaluation
     • Physical vs Emotional
     • Reversing emotional disruption
     • Role of 'triggers'
   • Conclusion
     • Deprivation doesn't always lead to maladjustment
     • Separation due to family discord was determinant of delinquency rather than separation alone
     • Privation rather than deprivation is more likely to have irreversible effects

2. Privation

   • Institutional care
   • Extreme cases
     • Czech twins
     • Genie
     • Romanian orphanages
   • Conclusions
     • Problems in interpreting data from early case studies
     • Evidence that some individuals do recover from privation
   • Evaluation
     • Poor parenting
     • Deprivation dwarfism
     • Privation is only one factor
     • Privation or rejection?
     • Long term effects?