separation anxiety
noun
: a form of anxiety experienced by a young child and caused by separation from a significant nurturant figure and typically a parent or from familiar surroundings
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But don’t sneak out as this may undermine your child’s trust and could worsen separation anxiety.
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Katherine Lee, Parents, 30 July 2024
In a 2011 study in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 12 dogs with no history of separation anxiety were monitored after being left alone for 30 minutes and then two hours.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
She was diagnosed with separation anxiety and selective mutism.
—Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, 30 June 2024
This is commonly referred to as separation anxiety.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 24 June 2024
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Katherine Lee, Parents, 30 July 2024
In a 2011 study in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 12 dogs with no history of separation anxiety were monitored after being left alone for 30 minutes and then two hours.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
She was diagnosed with separation anxiety and selective mutism.
—Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, 30 June 2024
This is commonly referred to as separation anxiety.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 24 June 2024
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“Separation anxiety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separation%20anxiety. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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