A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts
University of the Witwatersrand, in partial
fulfilment of the degree of Master of Arts
(Clinical Psychology).
Johannesburg, 1981 / The present study aimed first, at determining whether
part-time (nursery-school attendance), and a full-time
(day-care attendance) quantitative disruption in motherchild
interaction, affects the child’s separation anxiety,
stranger anxiety, frustration tolerance and general coping
mechanisms. Second, the effect of the quality of mothering
(the degree of maternal acceptance and responsiveness)
on the child's separation anxiety, stranger anxiety,
frustration tolerance and general coping mechanisms was
assessed. Thirdly and fourthly, this study aimed at
determining whether the age and the sex of the child
affect the separation anxiety, stranger anxiety, frustration tolerance and general coping mechanisms exhibited
by that child; and finally whether there is a relationship
between separation anxiety, stranger anxiety, frustration
tolerance and general coping mec
hanisms.
Fifty-six four-year-olds and their mothers were observed.
These included 14 children who stayed home with
their mothers; 14 children attending nursery-school; 14
children attending a day-care centre from the age of three;
and 14 children attending a day-care centre froc the age
of one. A problem-solving task was administered to the
children to obtain a measure of their frustration
tolerance; a modified version of the Ainsworth-Wittig
Strange-Situation Procedure was employed to measure the
children's separation anxiety and stranger anxiety;
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/18261 |
| Date | 19 August 2015 |
| Creators | Ross, Annette |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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