Long Term Effects of Deprivation Flashcards
Rudolph Schaffer (1958)
67 hospitalised children under 12 months admitted for elective surgery
Without mothers and received little attention from nurses in form of social interactions
Children >29 weeks cried and physically struggled around cots
<28 weeks did not exhibit same protest
Age significant roll marked at 28 weeks
What did Bowlbu claim to happen at 3rd birthday
Intensity of protest diminished at 3
Goldforb (1943)
-Compared development of children raised in institutions vs those fostered straight from mother
-15 in each group matched on maternal education and occupation
-6 months -> 3 yrs
-Institution socially and intellectually behind fostered and maintained developmental lag in adolescence, showed relationship problems
-Long term deprivation has long term consequences socially and intellectually
Bowlby interview results
12/14 juveniles with affectionless character = suffered prolonged separation
Control = none affectionless
17/44 j = suffered prolonged separation of >6 months from primary caregiver before age 6
Control = only 2 of them >6m before 6
12/17 of prolonged separation were affectionless
Bowlby’s interview experiment who they interview
44 children, juvenile thieves
44 children with emotional problems but not caught stealing
Bowlby interview finding
Long term consequences of maternal deprivation were lack of empathy and guilt and developed delinquency
weakness
You cannot be certain circumstances around separation
Cannot establish deprivation alone led to later problems
Correlation might not be causation
Another weakness about thieves
27/44 thieves = hadn’t suffered maternal deprivation so other factors must contribute
Goldfarb said, separation was the most important factor, but researchers disagree -> impoverished environment is associated with development of retardation and poor language development
Rutter (1981)
Long term effects of deprivation (loss of attachment) maybe due to privation in institutions
