2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effects of maternal style on infant behavior when infant are not in contact with their mother
| Project/Area Number |
21830062
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Social psychology
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
ONISHI Kenji Osaka University, 人間科学研究科, 助教 (30547005)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | モニタリング / 子育てスタイル / 母子が離れた場面 / 母子関係 / ニホンザル |
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| Research Abstract |
We investigated how Japanese macaque mothers and infants behave in mother-infant conflict over parental investment. Mothers allocated their infant protection efforts according to the nature of conspecific individuals proximate to the infants. We compared maternal styles exhibited when mother and infant were in contact and those exhibited when they were not, and showed that maternal protectiveness was consistent between these two situations. However, we observed that mothers who frequently hold their infants in contact situation respond less frequently to the infants' distress calls when they are not in contact. This suggests that some mothers show great interest in their infants only when they are in contact.
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Research Products
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