Editing Comfort object (section)

== Cross-cultural uses ==
Researchers have observed that the incidence of [[Attachment theory|attachment]] behavior toward inanimate objects differs depending on the culture in which the infant was raised. It is suggested that infants' attachment to inanimate objects would be less frequent in societies in which in an infant may spend most of the day in close contact with their mother.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Attachment and loss|last=Bowlby|first=John|date=1969|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=9780465097166|location=New York|language=en|oclc=24186|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/separationanxiet00john}}</ref> In particular, in Western countries object attachments were indeed found to be common,<ref name="Fortuna">{{Cite journal|last1=Fortuna|first1=Keren|last2=Baor|first2=Liora|last3=Israel|first3=Salomon|last4=Abadi|first4=Adi|last5=Knafo|first5=Ariel|date=22 May 2014|title=Attachment to inanimate objects and early childcare: A twin study|journal=Frontiers in Psychology|volume=5|pages=486|doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00486|issn=1664-1078|pmc=4033092|pmid=24904499|doi-access=free}}</ref> with rates reaching as high as 60%.<ref name="Fortuna"/> In a study conducted by Michael Hong, it was found that around 50% of American children and only around 20% of Korean children developed an attachment to a blanket or an equivalent type of primary transitional objects.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Hong|first1=K. Michael|last2=Townes|first2=Brenda D.|date=1 December 1976|title=Infants' Attachment to Inanimate Objects: A Cross-Cultural Study|url=http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0002-7138(09)62260-3/abstract|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry|language=en|volume=15|issue=1|pages=49–61|doi=10.1016/S0002-7138(09)62260-3|pmid=1254847|issn=0890-8567|url-access=subscription}}</ref> A similar study by Renata Gaddini found that around 30% of urban Italian children and only 5% of rural Italian children developed attachments to comfort objects.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gaddini|first1=Renata|last2=Gaddini|first2=Eugenio|date=1 April 1970|url=http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0002-7138(09)61842-2/abstract|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry|language=en|volume=9|issue=2|pages=347–365|doi=10.1016/S0002-7138(09)61842-2|pmid=5482392|issn=0002-7138|title=Transitional Objects and the Process of Individuation: A Study in Three Different Social Groups|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The interpretation of multiple studies suggests that child-rearing practices influence both the incidence of infants' attachment to inanimate objects and perhaps the choice of attachment objects.<ref name=":1" />