Comfort behaviour in children : a psychological educational perspective
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Authors
Kalyan, Santosh Vinita
Issue Date
1995-11
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Transitional phenomena , Transitional objects , Transitional attachment behaviour , Comforter , Comfort behaviour , Thumbsucking , Security blanket , Attachment , Adaptive behaviour , Phenomenon
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Abstract
This study addresses young children's involvement with comfort objects, including why children have them, how they are used, when attachments to such objects are cause for concern and how teachers and parents can respond to promote the young child's development.
The child's becoming and development is examined in this study. The researcher also reviews major transitional object theories in terms of origin, development and psychological meaning.
This study aims to explore this phenomenon from a psychological - educational perspective and to formulate a set of guidelines for parents and professionals whose children use comfort
behaviour.
Information was collated from case studies, a questionnaire and a detailed study of literature.
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Citation
Kalyan, Santosh Vinita (1995) Comfort behaviour in children : a psychological educational perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17044>