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Mother absence is an area of study that covers all the physical and psychological effects of a mother being unavailable, temporarily or permanently for a child.

Temporary separation

• Separation anxiety

More permanent separation but where communication is possible

Effects of divorce/marital separation where mother leaves

Death of a mother

See also

• Animal maternal deprivation
• Mother child communication
• Mother child relations
• Neglect
• Parental absence
• Patriarchy