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ArticleIntegrative psychological & behavioral science2008

Loneliness in infancy: Harry Harlow, John Bowlby and issues of separation.

Frank C P van der Horst, René van der Veer

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Article in Integrative psychological & behavioral science, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. Neurocognitive functions of pediatric kidney transplant recipients.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2016
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  8. Perceived social isolation, evolutionary fitness and health outcomes: a lifespan approach.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Frank C P van der HorstCentre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300RB, Leiden, The Netherlands. fhorst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
René van der Veer

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this contribution, the authors give an overview of the different studies on the effect of separation and deprivation that drew the attention of many in the 1940s and 1950s. Both Harlow and Bowlby were exposed to and influenced by these different studies on the so called 'hospitalization' effect. The work of Bakwin, Goldfarb, Spitz, and others is discussed and attention is drawn to films that were used to support new ideas on the effects of maternal deprivation.

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IndividuationLonelinessObject AttachmentAnimalsChildChild, InstitutionalizedChild, PreschoolHistory, 20th CenturyHumansInfantMacaca mulattaPsychology, ChildUnited KingdomUnited States

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