maternal deprivation

• What is maternal deprivation the lack of?

  • Monotropy
  • Critical period
  • Internal working model
• What are the effects of maternal deprivation?

  • Problems with attachment
  • Intellectual development
  • Emotional development (affectionless psychopath)
• Bowlby’s 44 Juvenile Thieves study

  aim: long term effects of maternal deprivation

  procedure: opportunity sample of 88 children in his clinic

  group 1- theft group

  group 2- control group

  • the 2 groups were matched for age and IQ
  • the children and parents were interviewed on early life experiences
• Bowlby’s thief study findings:

  • 14 children from theft group were identified as affectionless psychopaths
  • 12/14 experienced maternal deprivation
• Evaluation of maternal deprivation

  🙂 practical application for social care

  ☹️ evidence to contradict from Lewis

  ☹️ evidence to contradict from Rutter

  ☹️ deprivation vs privation