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EFFECTS OF BRIEF SEPARATION FROM PARENT ON YOUNG CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Smith Lars
Publication year - 1975
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.1469-7610.1975.tb01273.x
Subject(s) - crying , psychology , separation (statistics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
SUMMARY Data On Child‐Parent Interaction, Activity And Behaviour In A Test Situation Were Obtained From Young Children Who had had A Single 3‐Min Separation And From Non‐Separated Controls. During Separation, Crying Increased And Non‐Crying Vocalisation Decreased. No Other Immediate Effects Of Separation Were Observed. One Week Later, the Previously Separated Subjects Tended To Show Objects Less Frequently And Also Manifested Less Manipulative Play. There Were Marked Differences In Their Readiness To Separate Themselves From Their Parents.