The mother of a 2-year-old tells the nurse at the well-child clinic that her child likes to take a blanket wherever he goes. The mother asks if she should take the blanket away from the child
The nurse counsels the mother to allow the child to have the blanket because it reminds him of his mother and comforts him. The basis for this counseling is:
1. Mahler's theory of object relations
2. Freud's developmental theory
3. Kernberg's conceptualization object constancy
4. Sullivan's theory of "good me"
ANS: 1
Mahler's theory of object relations suggests that the child at this age has a beginning sense of ob-ject constancy and can use a representation of the mother for comfort. The child may use a blan-ket or other object to remind himself of the mother. The other theories mentioned are not as clearly related as Mahler's.
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