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  • Title: Soft object and pacifier attachments in young children: the role of security of attachment to the mother.
    Author: Lehman EB, Denham SA, Moser MH, Reeves SL.
    Journal: J Child Psychol Psychiatry; 1992 Oct; 33(7):1205-15. PubMed ID: 1400702.
    Abstract:
    A longitudinal study was conducted to evaluate the hypothesis that a healthy mother-infant relationship is a prerequisite for the development of a child's attachment to a blanket or other soft object. Security of attachment to mother was measured at 12 months with the Strange Situation Test and at 30 months with the Attachment Q-Sort. Most of the children with soft object attachments were rated as securely attached to their mothers at both ages. Children with pacifier attachments, on the other hand, were less often rated as securely attached and were more likely to show changes in security classification between 12 and 30 months. The results are discussed in terms of necessary, but not sufficient, conditions for the development of attachments to inanimate objects.
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