The determinants of children's responses to separation
By: Marsha Weinraub, Michael Lewis.
Contributors: Lewis, Michael, 1937 Jan. 10- joint author.
Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; serial no. 172, v. 42, no. 4; Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ;; v. 42, no. 4, serial no. 172.
Publisher: Published by the University of Chicago Press for the Society for Research in Child Development
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Separation (Psychology); Mother and child.
Description: This study investigated the determinants of children's responses in an unfamiliar setting to brief separations from their mothers. A conceptual model of the determinants of separation distress was offered. Variables hypothesized to affect separation distress directly included the child's cognitive abilities, maternal departure style, and the amount of mother-child interaction preceding departure. Variables hypothesized to affect separation distress indirectly through their influence on process variables included the child's sex, social class, maternal verbal abilities, and two measures of the mother's cognitive style.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 72-77.