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MEASUREMENT OF A STRANGER'S INFLUENCE ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF YOUNG CHILDREN WITH THEIR MOTHERS
Author(s) -
Berg Ian,
Stark Gordon,
Jameson Stella
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1966.tb02250.x
Subject(s) - sick child , child health , stella (programming language) , girl , psychology , pediatrics , medicine , developmental psychology , history , art history
Seventeen normal pre-school children were observed with their mothers in an experimental setting. Various measurements of their behaviour were made by two observers through a one-way screen. There were two 20-min sessions in one of which the mother was interviewed by a stranger. Mothers subsequently completed the Eysenck personality inventory, form A. Items of behaviour which were associated with the presence of a stranger were: remaining longer than 15 min in a circle drawn around the mother, displacement activities and not speaking for the first 5 min of the session. Proximity to mother in the presence of the interviewer was related to an N(A) score of eight or over on the E.P.I.