Comfort behaviour in children : a psychological educational perspective

• Main Author: Kalyan, Santosh Vinita
• Other Authors: Roets, H. E. (Hester Elizabeth)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Transitional phenomena; Transitional objects; Transitional attachment behaviour; Comforter; Comfort behaviour; Thumbsucking; Security blanket; Attachment; Adaptive behaviour; Phenomenon; 370.15; Developmental psychology; Attachment behavior in children; Child psychology; Educational psychology > Research
• Online Access: Kalyan, Santosh Vinita (1995) Comfort behaviour in children : a psychological educational perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17044>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17044

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. === Psychology of Education === M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)