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THE INCIDENCE OF ATTACHMENT OBJECTS AND ORAL HABITS AT BEDTIME IN TWO LONGITUDINAL SAMPLES OF CHILDREN AGED 1.5–7 YEARS
Author(s) -
Mahalski Pauline A.
Publication year - 1983
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.1469-7610.1983.tb00576.x
Subject(s) - psychology , arousal , bedtime , developmental psychology , merge (version control) , pacifier , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , physics , computer science , optics , breastfeeding , information retrieval
Summary The incidence of emotional attachment to soft toys and blankets, and sucking habits was studied in two samples of children. Mothers of one sample were interviewed when the children were 1.5, 2 and 2.5 years old, and mothers of the other sample answered questionnaires when their children were 3.5, 5 and 7 years old. Strong emotional attachment to objects, and thumb or finger sucking were most prevalent around 2 years of age. There was a positive association between sucking and attachment to objects at all ages. Clinging, sucking and movement habits merge into one another and serve the same function of easing the transition from waking to sleeping, from high arousal to low arousal.