Effects of group environment on the mother-infant relationship in pigtailed monkeys (Macaca nemestrina) |
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| Authors: | Wolfheim Jaclyn H Jensen Gordon D Bobbitt Ruth A |
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| Institution: | (1) Present address: Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA;(2) Present address: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, California, USA;(3) Present address: Regional Primate Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, 98105 Seattle, Washington, USA |
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| Abstract: | Behavior of sixMacaca nemestrina mother-infant pairs was observed in two different environments; three pairs were part of a large group in a compound and three pairs were housed in individual laboratory cages. At weeks 14–15 of the infants' lives, group mothers were more retentive of their infants than caged mothers; group infants spent more time in ventral contact with mother and nursed more than did caged infants. The authors conclude that the greater dependence of an infant raised in a potentially dangerous group setting is due to a more protective mother rather than to a more fearful infant.This work was supported by grant no. FR 00166 from the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service.Reprints may be obtained from:Primate Information Center, I-321 Health Sciences Building, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, U.S.A. |
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