Emotional consequences of separation / problems resulting from separation:
- Bowlby, J. (1973). Separation: Anxiety & Anger. Attachment and Loss (vol. 2); (International psycho-analytical library no.95). London: Hogarth Press.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1965). Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment: Studies in the Theory of Emotional Development London: Hogarth Press
- Rutter, M. (1971). Parent-child separation: psychological effects on the children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 12, p. 233 – 256.
- Panksepp, J. (2012). The Archeology of Mind: neuroevolutionary origins of human emotions. New York, Norton.
- Bowlby, J. (1973). Separation: Anxiety & Anger. Attachment and Loss (vol. 2); (International psycho-analytical library no.95). London: Hogarth Press.
- Ainsworth, M. and Bowlby, J. (1965). Child Care and the Growth of Love. Penguin Books.
- Dollard, J. L., Doob, W., Miller, N.E., Mowrer, O.H. and Sears, R.R. (1939). Frustration and Aggression. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- Ainsworth, M. (1978). Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation Erlbaum.
- Damasio, A. (2005). Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain, revised Penguin edition.
Avoiding unnecessary separation
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Bowlby J. (1988). A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development. Tavistock professional book. London: Routledge.
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Suomi, S. J. (1997). Early determinants of behaviour. Evidence from primate studies. British Medical Bulletin, 53, p. 170 -184.
Day care
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Early Child Care Research Network, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2003). Does Amount of Time Spent in Child Care Predict Socioemotional Adjustment During the Transition of Kindergarten? Child Development 74, pp. 976-1005.
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Greenspan, S.I. (2003). Child Care Research: A Clinical Perspective, Child Development 74, pp. 1064-1068.
Defensive consequences of separation:
- Bowlby, J. (1980). Loss: Sadness & Depression. Attachment and Loss (vol. 3); (International psycho-analytical library no.109). London: Hogarth Press.
- Ainsworth, M. and Bowlby, J. (1965). Child Care and the Growth of Love. Penguin Books.
- Ainsworth, M. (1978). Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation Erlbaum.
Separation-Triggered Pursuit
- Panksepp, J. (2012). The Archeology of Mind: neuroevolutionary origins of human emotions. New York: Norton. (The work of intensified pursuit.)
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Jung, C. (1969a). Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche. Volume 8 – The Collected Works of Jung. London: Routledge. (The cost of success.)
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Jung, C. (1969b). Volume 9 (Part 1) – Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. The Collected Works of Jung. London: Routledge. (Archetypal alterations in pursuit; depersonalized fixes and fixations.)
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Resnick, M. et al. (1997). Protecting Adolescents from Harm: findings from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health, Journal of the American Medical Association September. (Addressing fixes, fixations, and neurotic pursuit.)
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Neufeld, G. (2013): Intensive I: Making Sense of Kids. Online course, Neufeld Institute. (Behaviour management methods based in separation-triggered pursuit.)
The result showed that all the most disturbed criminals in the study group had a serious separation from their mother
- Bowlby, J. (1944). Forty-four juvenile thieves: their characters and home-life. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 25, 19–53.
The relationship with the caregiver and future parental behaviour (having authoritative rather than authoritarian or uninvolved parents reported greater psychological well-being in midlife, especially men):
- Rothrauff, T.C., Cooney, T.M., An, J,S. (2009). Remembered parenting styles and adjustment in middle and late adulthood. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci., 64:137–146.