What are the effects of deprivation?

needs of the child. There are many situations where this psychologist called Bowlby conducted a study that looked at the effects of separation on the development. Participants were a group of 60 children under the age of 4 who suffered from TB. The treatment for this condition lasted for tow years away from home and in the hospital. The nurses and carers in the hospital did not provide substitute mother care and the children were only visited once a week. Therefore we can suggest that the children suffering from TB experienced prolonged deprivation. When these children we assessed then they showed no major differences between them and normal children. Bowlby concluded that this study shows that the dangers of maternal deprivation may have been overstated. In this case early deprivation did not cause major confusion. The only explanation to this is that some children are more secularly attached there fore they could cope better. Another good example of this theory is “ the effects of deprivation 44 juvenile thieves conducted by Bowlby, 1944. In the 1930s John Bowlby worked as a child psychiatrist in a child guidance clinic. The aim of his experiment was to test the maternal deprivation hypothesis. Were “thieves” more likely to have experienced early separations during which they receive little substitute care? This would suggest that early separations could lead to emotional distortion. The children interviewed ranged in age from 5 to 16 they all attended the child guidance clinic. The experimental group consisted of 44 children who had been referred as the control group.  This group were not thieves but had experienced emotional problems for which they were refereed to the clinic. In addition Bowlby diagnosed 14 of the thieves as affectionless psychopaths- individuals who lacked emotional sensitivity. They feel no guilt and remorse. The children and their parents were interviewed and information was collected about their early experiences with paying attention to the subject of separation. They found that 86% of the affectionless thieves experienced frequent separations compared with 17% of the other thieves. In conclusion we add that time and time early separation does not securely form any disorders to later life unless the bond before the separation was securely attached in which case their mite be a slight problem. However if the emotional needs of the children are replaced and met in time then it is possible for them to form a secure attachment once again and lead a normal life………………..