The research backing this theory was the 1944 ’44 Thieves Study’. The study investigated the long term effects of maternal deprivation on adolescents, to find if the delinquents had suffered deprivation. Bowlby interviewed 44 adolescents who were referred to a child protection program in London because they were thieves. Bowlby interviewed another 44 children as a control group; he also interviewed the parents from both groups to find whether their children had experienced separation during the critical period and if so for how long.
More than half of the thieves had been separated from their mothers for longer than six months during their first five years. In the control group only two had had such a large separation. The study also showed several of the young thieves ( to have 'affectionless psychopathy’; none of the control group were affectionless psychopaths.
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Multiple attachment phase, children begin to develop strong attachments to people beyond the primary caregivers
The work of Bowlby was likely to have affected the way society viewed the connection made between a new born baby and its mother. It would have been seen as more important for the primary caregiver to hold a stable role in the infant’s life for the first five years, in order to successfully develop socialisation and lower the risk of juvenile deviancy.
• Biographical material suggests that much of Bowlby’s work grew directly out of his own life experiences. He was born into an upper-middle-class family, Bowlby and his five siblings were not raised by their mother, but a nanny, suggesting that they formed the attachment to her rather than their own mother.
• When Bowlby was four the nanny left his family, his behaviour displayed that of a young child whose mother had
More than half of the thieves had been separated from their mothers for longer than six months during their first five years. In the control group only two had had such a large separation. The study also showed several of the young thieves ( to have 'affectionless psychopathy’; none of the control group were affectionless psychopaths.
Pre-attachment phase, babies will recognize …show more content…
Multiple attachment phase, children begin to develop strong attachments to people beyond the primary caregivers
The work of Bowlby was likely to have affected the way society viewed the connection made between a new born baby and its mother. It would have been seen as more important for the primary caregiver to hold a stable role in the infant’s life for the first five years, in order to successfully develop socialisation and lower the risk of juvenile deviancy.
• Biographical material suggests that much of Bowlby’s work grew directly out of his own life experiences. He was born into an upper-middle-class family, Bowlby and his five siblings were not raised by their mother, but a nanny, suggesting that they formed the attachment to her rather than their own mother.
• When Bowlby was four the nanny left his family, his behaviour displayed that of a young child whose mother had