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REMOVING INFANT RHESUS FROM MOTHER FOR 13 DAYS COMPARED WITH REMOVING MOTHER FROM INFANT
Author(s) -
Hinde Robert A.,
Davies Lynda
Publication year - 1972
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.1469-7610.1972.tb01149.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , strange situation , attachment theory
SUMMARY In a previous experiment, 6 rhesus monkey mothers were removed from their infants for 13 days, the infants being left in their familiar environment. Here the procedure was reversed–5 infants were removed to an isolation cage in a strange room, the mothers staying in their familiar environment. Contrary to expectation these infant‐removed infants were less disturbed than the mother‐removed infants. This difference was associated with, and was probably due to, a more positive role by the mothers of the infant‐removed group in mother‐infant interaction after reunion. It is suggested that the effects of a separation experience may be mediated in part by the disturbance to the mother‐infant relationship which results.