Children attach to objects for many reasons. Early research on object attachment focused primarily on infants and toddlers and their attachment to soft objects as a source of security, but this review reveals that children of all ages attach to a variety of objects and with a variety of motivations. This review also introduces the concept of transitory object attachments, in which children quickly attach to an object but un-attach almost as quickly. Repeated transitory object attachments are manifest as materialism. After a discussion of motivations for object attachment generally, the review focuses on the insecurities of childhood that can foster transitory object attachments and materialism in children.

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童年时期的客体依恋、短暂依恋和唯物主义

儿童依恋物体的原因有很多。早期对物体依恋的研究主要集中在婴儿和幼儿以及他们对柔软物体的依恋作为安全来源，但这项审查表明，所有年龄段的儿童都会依恋各种物体并具有各种动机。这篇评论还介绍了暂时性对象依恋的概念，其中儿童快速依恋一个对象，但几乎同样快地不依恋。反复的短暂的对象依恋表现为唯物主义。在对客体依恋的动机进行一般性讨论之后，该评论集中在童年的不安全感上，这些不安全感会在儿童中培养短暂的客体依恋和物质主义。