title: Measurement of a stranger's influence on the behaviour of young children with their mothers.
abstract: Seventeen normal pre-school children were observed with their mothers in an experimental setting. Various measurements of their behaviour were made by two observers through a one-way screen. There were two 20-min sessions in one of which the mother was interviewed by a stranger. Mothers subsequently completed the Eysenck personality inventory, form A. Items of behaviour which were associated with the presence of a stranger were: remaining longer than 15 min in a circle drawn around the mother, displacement activities and not speaking for the first 5 min of the session. Proximity to mother in the presence of the interviewer was related to an N(A) score of eight or over on the E.P.I.
authors.affiliation: Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh and Department of Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jameson
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009042:Motivation; D009769:Object Attachment; D010555:Personality Inventory