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Temperament and the transitional object.

N Haslam1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

Child Psychiatry and Human Development
|January 1, 1992
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Temperament influences transitional object attachment in toddlers, but not oral habits. These attachments serve distinct developmental functions, independent of oral behaviors, suggesting temperament

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Child Psychology
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Transitional object attachment and persistent oral habits are common in early childhood.
  • The relationship between infantile temperament, transitional object use, and oral habits requires further investigation.
  • Understanding these behaviors is crucial for assessing typical child development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between infantile temperament and transitional object attachments in three-year-olds.
  • To investigate the connection between infantile temperament and persistent oral habits.
  • To determine if transitional object attachments and oral habits are independent phenomena.

Main Methods:

  • Study involved 37 three-year-old children.

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  • Assessed transitional object attachments and persistent oral habits.
  • Examined infantile temperament retrospectively and current temperament.

    • Main Results:

    • Children with transitional object attachments differed in infantile temperament compared to those without.
    • Temperament patterns predicting transitional object attachment were distinct from those predicting oral habits.
    • Transitional object attachments and oral habits were found to be independent.

    Conclusions:

    • Infantile temperament appears to play an etiological role in transitional object attachments.
    • Transitional object attachments serve distinct, non-pathological developmental functions.
    • The role of transitional objects as a developmental marker remains ambiguous.