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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French cunforter, comforter, from Late Latin confortare to strengthen greatly, from [[Latin]] com- + fortis strong
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : to give [[strength]] and [[hope]] to : cheer
*2 : to ease the [[grief]] or trouble of : console
==Description==
A comfort object is an item used to provide [[psychological]] '''comfort''', especially in unusual or [[unique]] situations, or at bedtime for small [[children]]. Among toddlers, comfort objects may take the form of a blanket, a stuffed [[animal]], or a favorite toy, and may be referred to by the terms blankey and lovey.
Adults may also use comfort objects. In a 2008 [[study]], the Sony AIBO [[Automaton|robotic]] pet was found to decrease [[Isolation|loneliness]] in the elderly in nursing homes.
Stuffed animals may be given by [[emergency]] [[medical]] services workers, police, and others to [[victims]] of [[disasters]] such as fires and [[crime]]. After the [[911|September 11]] [[attack]]s, writes Marita Sturken in Tourists of History, "the Oklahoma City National Memorial sent six hundred teddy bears and then the state of Oklahoma sent sixty thousand stuffed [[animals]] to New York, which were [[distributed]] to [[children]] in schools affected by 9/11, [[family]] [[support]] [[organizations]], and New York fire stations."
Closely [[related]] to the [[concept]] of a comfort object is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_blanket security blanket], a term made famous by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Schulz Charles Schulz] in his comic strip [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts], in which the character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_van_Pelt Linus] was almost always seen with his blanket in hand.
[[Category: Psychology]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French cunforter, comforter, from Late Latin confortare to strengthen greatly, from [[Latin]] com- + fortis strong
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : to give [[strength]] and [[hope]] to : cheer
*2 : to ease the [[grief]] or trouble of : console
==Description==
A comfort object is an item used to provide [[psychological]] '''comfort''', especially in unusual or [[unique]] situations, or at bedtime for small [[children]]. Among toddlers, comfort objects may take the form of a blanket, a stuffed [[animal]], or a favorite toy, and may be referred to by the terms blankey and lovey.
Adults may also use comfort objects. In a 2008 [[study]], the Sony AIBO [[Automaton|robotic]] pet was found to decrease [[Isolation|loneliness]] in the elderly in nursing homes.
Stuffed animals may be given by [[emergency]] [[medical]] services workers, police, and others to [[victims]] of [[disasters]] such as fires and [[crime]]. After the [[911|September 11]] [[attack]]s, writes Marita Sturken in Tourists of History, "the Oklahoma City National Memorial sent six hundred teddy bears and then the state of Oklahoma sent sixty thousand stuffed [[animals]] to New York, which were [[distributed]] to [[children]] in schools affected by 9/11, [[family]] [[support]] [[organizations]], and New York fire stations."
Closely [[related]] to the [[concept]] of a comfort object is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_blanket security blanket], a term made famous by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Schulz Charles Schulz] in his comic strip [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts], in which the character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_van_Pelt Linus] was almost always seen with his blanket in hand.
[[Category: Psychology]]
