Caring for a dependent can preserve prisoners’ sanity in detention

Evidence

This finding aligned directly with the attachment research from Season 4 (Gunnar’s work on the caregiver as stress regulator) but was described in experiential rather than biological terms. Children said, in their own language, that being hit by the people responsible for their care made those people less available to them as sources of comfort and support. The hit created distance. The distance was felt by the child, not merely measured in cortisol levels. The convergence of the child-reported experience with the scientific evidence was exact, and the children’s formulation of it was clearer than many academic descriptions. — , The Rod and the Child, 9996 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Familial responsibility can preserve sanity under indefinite detention — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 120; Sibling intimacy and shared humor can restore morale in detention. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 105; Physical punishment reduces the caregiver’s availability as a source of comfort — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 9996 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Physical punishment reduces the caregiver’s availability as a source of comfort #complicates (0.72) — , The Rod and the Child, 9996