移行対象と母子間ストレス

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The present study empirically explored the origins of infant's attachment to a "transitional objet" (TO)(Winnicott, 1953), such as a blanket and a soft toy, especially through examining the effects of birth-order, birth-spacing, sex, temperament, etc. on the incidence of TOs. Data were collected from 951 mothers of normal children aged 1-6 years. As for two and three siblings, birth-order effects were not significant, but the frequency of TO attachments among the only children without siblings was significantly higher than that of children with siblings. And the occur-rence of To attachments among first-borns showed a significant tendency to coincide with that of later borns. As for two siblings, birth-spacing effects were significant, such that the frequency of TO attachments among second-borns tended to increase with decreasing birth-spacing from first-borns. In addition, children with TOs were significantly lower than children without Tos in threshold of responsiveness as a temperamental characteristic. Theoretical implications of these results werw considered in terms of some stress within mother-infant interactions as a determinant of the occurrence of TO attachments.
1991-09-30