Childhood Separation Experiences and Psycho-Social Status in Primiparous Women: Preliminary Findings

In a group of British-born primiparous women, admission of a separation experience from parents in childhood was found to be associated with unmarried status, teenage pregnancy, having had psychiatric treatment, housing problems and a high score on a ‘Malaise’ inventory. Within the separated group t...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 1976-04, Vol.128 (4), p.391-396
Main Authors: Wolkind, S. N., Kruk, S. J., Chaves, L. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Child Care
Child, Hospitalized
Death
Female
Humans
Illegitimacy
Maternal Deprivation
Mental Disorders - complications
Parents
Parity
Paternal Deprivation
Pregnancy
Residence Characteristics
Socioeconomic Factors
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Summary:In a group of British-born primiparous women, admission of a separation experience from parents in childhood was found to be associated with unmarried status, teenage pregnancy, having had psychiatric treatment, housing problems and a high score on a ‘Malaise’ inventory. Within the separated group the unmarried and teenage status were associated only with separations occurring in the context of a disrupted childhood, but were not related to the age of the separations. The Malaise score, however, was raised both for disrupted separations and for those occurring below the age of 5. It is noted that the factors associated with the separation in the mothers are those which have been found to be more common in the mothers of children with behaviour disorders.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.128.4.391