Psychology of People Who like Teddy Bears

Psychology of People Who like Teddy Bears

One of the new research says “Owning Teddy Bears Does Not Reflect Immaturity”

Do people who like Teddy bears have Psychological Disorder?

An adult who happens to own a robust collection of plush pals might make you uneasy. Past studies of adult psychiatric patients, after all, had found that owners of toy animals were more likely than others to have a personality disorder. Now you can relax, however: a study in the September 2012 Journal of Adult Development found no such link in a nonclinical sample of typical adults. The researchers used physiological and self-reported measures of emotion regulation, including tests of psychological immaturity.

There are so many kids in this world who go to sleep with teddy bears and dolls. It seems like they need these toys to go off to Dreamland.

I just recently realized this because my own child, about 5 yrs. old, told me he couldn't go to sleep without it. Does a teddy bear really help a person sleep better?

Are there any studies on this showing that a child actually sleeps better with a teddy bear?

What about adults? Does this affect them?

This phenomenon is described under co-sleeping in psychology. Its based on childs being used to lying beside mother/father. In the transition phase to sleeping alone the teddy is compensation.

Although “some people might automatically assume that an adult owning a toy animal is an indicator of the owner's immaturity,” explains lead author Stuart Brody, professor of psychology at the University of the West of Scotland, “there was no association of adult toy animal ownership with emotion regulation and maturity.”

So go ahead and leave the toy animals on your bed the next time you have guests.

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