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MATERNAL SEPARATION VS REMOVAL PROM GROUP COMPANIONS IN RHESUS MONKEYS
Author(s) -
McGinnis Lynda M.
Publication year - 1979
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.1469-7610.1979.tb01703.x
Subject(s) - psychology , separation (statistics) , developmental psychology , prom , maternal deprivation , distress , social relation , clinical psychology , social psychology , obstetrics , medicine , machine learning , computer science
SUMMARY The present study involving the removal of rhesus monkey mother‐infant pairs from their social groups, but not mother‐infant separation, was compared with earlier studies involving maternal separation. The comparisons indicated that maternal separation per se produced the most distress in infant rhesus monkeys. Effects on the mothers' behaviour of removal from the social group produced disturbance to the mother‐infant relationship without a maternal separation experience, however, as the mothers had to re‐establish social relationships on reunion. The nature of the mothers' social relationships affected the rate at which the mothers re‐established their social positions in the group.