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Greenberg, Mark T.; Marvin, Robert S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1979
Attachment behaviors were compared for groups of mother/deaf preschool child dyads where only oral communication was used and where total communication was used. Results showed that very few of the children were distressed by separation from their mothers. Further, the children's level of communicative competence was shown to be associated with…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Deafness, Handicapped Children, Mothers