ABSTRACT

Some children form an attachment to a variety of inanimate objects, such as cloths or soft toys, referred to as attachment objects. This study examined the developmental change in children’s behaviours toward their attachment objects to understand the role of such objects through an online survey of 700 parents with 0- to 9-year-old children, of whom 417 currently had attachment objects. Zero- and one-year-olds selected cloths and soft toys equally and used them with their mouth or skin, whereas older children preferred soft toys and personified them. Our results suggest that the role of attachment objects changes with age and that attachment objects contribute to reducing stress responses.

摘要

有些孩子对各种无生命的物体形成依恋，例如布或毛绒玩具，称为依恋对象。本研究通过在线调查 700 名 0 至 9 岁儿童的父母（其中 417 人目前有依恋对象），考察了儿童对其依恋对象行为的发展变化，以了解此类对象的作用。0 岁和 1 岁的儿童同等选择布料和毛绒玩具，并用嘴或皮肤使用它们，而年龄较大的儿童则更喜欢毛绒玩具并将它们拟人化。我们的研究结果表明，依恋对象的作用随着年龄的增长而变化，并且依恋对象有助于减少压力反应。