Maternal Deprivation is a catch- phrase summarizing the work of psychiatrist John Bowlby on the effects of separating infants and young children from their mother (or mother substitute) John Bowlbys lifetime work was based around studying childhood through Developmental Psychology. Bowlby believed that there are enormous psychological consequences for a child who has experienced separation from its maternal figure‚ which he concluded in his “Thieves study” Bowlbys theory of monotropy led to the
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Maternal Deprivation This essay will discuss maternal deprivation and its consequences. Bowlby states that: “A child should receive the continuous care of this single most important attachment figure for approximately the first two years of life.”(Bowlby 1951) Bowlby used the term maternal deprivation to refer to the separation or loss of the mother as well as failure to develop an attachment. The underlying assumption of Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis is that continual disruption
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In this essay I intend to analyse the attachment theory of well-known British psychiatrist Dr John Bowlby. I will examine both the primary and secondary research behind the theory and look at some of the arguments against it before going on to explore the impact Bowlby’s research has had on the early years setting. Edward John Mostyn Bowlby was born in London on February 26th 1907 to a fairly upper-middle class family. His parents were of the belief that too much parental affection would in fact
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Outline and evaluate research into maternal deprivation. (18 marks) Bowlby’s maternal deprivation hypothesis suggests that bond disruption between the infant and caregiver in the early years can have detrimental and irreversible effects on the intellectual‚ social‚ and emotional development of the child. He carried out the study on 44 juvenile thieves (that were transferred to his institution)‚ whom he compared to a group of 44 controls. It was a retrospective study using interviews and questionnaires
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Assignment 3: 1) Give an understanding of your feelings regarding maternal deprivation. “Maternal depravation” has been used to describe a whole range of situations in which the infant is deprived of his/her relationship with its mother/ primary carer. Bowlby’s theory of “Maternal depravation” was founded on the hypothesis‚ that if a child is detached on a physical and emotional level from its primary carer that this will have long term effects emotionally for that child. According to Bowlby
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to 2009 the maternal mortality rate in India is 212 per 100‚000 live births. The country needs to reduce the maternal mortality rate to less than109 deaths by 2015 to achieve the United Nations-mandated Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Every ten minutes there is one maternal death in India as reported by the United Nations and at this rate India is unlikely to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. What is Maternal Death? According to the World Health Organization “maternal death is defined
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health system that is controlled by a centralized government has crippled the progress of reproductive health. Giving birth in Somalia is extremely dangerous and very unpredictable. Somali woman are among the highest risk women in the world with a Maternal Mortality (MMR) of 1‚044-1‚400 per 100‚000 live births compared to a 12 per 100‚000 in the United States.1 Even after a mother survives all these risks and delivers her baby‚ both mother and child continue to face constant risks. The under-five infant
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There are many researches studies that look at consequences of maternal deprivation‚ Bowlby believes that maternal deprivation may cause sociological‚ emotionally and psychological problems in the future if the baby is deprived of mother’s care at early years. Bowlby’s theory is based on a research study of 44 young people thieves and 44 young people who were emotionally disturbed‚ the aim of this research was to test maternal deprivation related to delinquency in young people. (Malim‚ et al.1998‚
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necessary to compare the ongoing maternal mortality rate among the South Asian countries and then a comparative study on Bangladesh to find out (in between 2001-2010) the areas where maternal mortality rate is successfully declined and where is still to work. From this chart we get a picture that Sri Lanka and Maldives are in a better position whereas India and Bangladesh are following this path respectively. Here is another picture below of declining maternal mortality from 322 to 194 by 40%
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Maternal Mortality According to the World Health Organization‚ a “maternal death” is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy‚ irrespective of the duration or site of the pregnancy‚ from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or the management‚ but not from accidental or incidental cause. Maternal mortality is not only related to the health-care provided by a country‚ but also to the country’s socio-economic and cultural aspects‚ in
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