bowlby's maternal deprivation
hypothesis
bowlby's theory
bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation - background
created in 1951
wanted to see if deprivation of maternal care would affect the way that you
formed attachment
used teenagers who were evacuated during the war
because of his experiences as a doctor after the war, he made some strong and
deterministic clains
it is based on the two laws he proposed about maternal care :
the law or continuity and the law of accumulated separation
bowlby believed that a mother or a mother-substitute was essential for the
provision of comfort care which was vital for an infant to thrive
bowlby states that "mother-love in infancy and childhood is as important for
mental health as are vitamins and proteins for physical health"
bowlby's maternal deprivation hypothesis 1
, the critical period
bowlby said there was a specific time period where infants are particularly likely
to form their most important monotropic binds to their mothers
he claimed that this time period was 30 months (2 years)
if the infant was deprived of the care from their mother during this period, bowlby
claimed that there would be long-term irreversible negative consequences for
that child socially and emotionally
the child would suffer irreversible psychological damage
psychologists have now changed this time period to 5 years (now the sensitive
period) due to the fact that this was too restrictive
seperation vs deprivation
there is an important and distinct difference between separation and deprivation
separation - the child now being in the presence of their caregiver (eg.
going to school, going to sleep).
the consequences
the consequences of separation is not serious
all children will be separated from their caregiver at times
deprivation - extended separation from mother without a substitute for
comfort care
the consequences
severe, long-term, irreversible, negative psychological consequences
eg. hospitals (in 1950's), evacuees, children in social care systems
the consequences of maternal deprivation
bowlby's maternal deprivation hypothesis 2
hypothesis
bowlby's theory
bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation - background
created in 1951
wanted to see if deprivation of maternal care would affect the way that you
formed attachment
used teenagers who were evacuated during the war
because of his experiences as a doctor after the war, he made some strong and
deterministic clains
it is based on the two laws he proposed about maternal care :
the law or continuity and the law of accumulated separation
bowlby believed that a mother or a mother-substitute was essential for the
provision of comfort care which was vital for an infant to thrive
bowlby states that "mother-love in infancy and childhood is as important for
mental health as are vitamins and proteins for physical health"
bowlby's maternal deprivation hypothesis 1
, the critical period
bowlby said there was a specific time period where infants are particularly likely
to form their most important monotropic binds to their mothers
he claimed that this time period was 30 months (2 years)
if the infant was deprived of the care from their mother during this period, bowlby
claimed that there would be long-term irreversible negative consequences for
that child socially and emotionally
the child would suffer irreversible psychological damage
psychologists have now changed this time period to 5 years (now the sensitive
period) due to the fact that this was too restrictive
seperation vs deprivation
there is an important and distinct difference between separation and deprivation
separation - the child now being in the presence of their caregiver (eg.
going to school, going to sleep).
the consequences
the consequences of separation is not serious
all children will be separated from their caregiver at times
deprivation - extended separation from mother without a substitute for
comfort care
the consequences
severe, long-term, irreversible, negative psychological consequences
eg. hospitals (in 1950's), evacuees, children in social care systems
the consequences of maternal deprivation
bowlby's maternal deprivation hypothesis 2
