Kalyan, S.V. (1995) Comfort Behavior in Children: A Psychological Educational Perspective. Masters thesis, University of South Africa.
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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 behavior. Information was collated from case studies, a questionnaire and a detailed study of literature. The result of this study indicates that transitional object attachment is a universal, healthy and Transitional phenomena, transitional objects, transitional attachment behaviour, comforter, comfort behaviour, thumbsucking, security blanket, attachment, adaptive behavior, phenomenon
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > L Education (General) P Language and Literature > PZ Childrens literature |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Martin Lucas Mkoba |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2016 12:22 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2016 12:46 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/842 |
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