Ambivalence in monkey mothering. Infant abuse combined with maternal possessiveness

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
A Troisi, F R D'Amato

Abstract

The maternal behavior of an abusive Japanese macaque multiparous female was compared with that of three primiparous normal females from the same colony to evaluate the quality of the abusive mother-infant relationship. The abusive mother-infant pair scored highest on maternal warmth, protectiveness, possessiveness, and scored lowest on maternal rejectingness. The finding that the abusive mother alternated violent abuse with attentive maternal care is not consistent with the learning defect explanation of monkey infant abuse. Rather, the intense anxiety she showed in the relationship with her infant indicates that she suffered from an emotional disorder that can be adequately described by referring to Bowlby's model of anxious attachment. The implications of this case for the development of a nonhuman primate model of child abuse are examined in the light of human data clearly showing attachment disturbances in some child-abusing mothers.

Citations

Jan 1, 1991·Psychopharmacology·A Troisi, F R D'Amato
May 1, 1997·Child Abuse & Neglect·D MaestripieriK A Carroll
Feb 16, 1999·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·D Maestripieri
Jun 7, 2002·Behavioral Neuroscience·Franklynn C GravesDario Maestripieri
Jun 29, 2005·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Dario Maestripieri
Sep 28, 2010·American Journal of Primatology·Dario Maestripieri
Mar 1, 1989·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·A TroisiF R D'Amato
Jan 12, 2021·Development and Psychopathology·Elyse L MorinMar M Sanchez

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