Maternal perception of infant intentionality at 4 and 8 months

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-496

  Feldman, Ruth ^b   Reznick, J Steven ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Gender differences; Intentionality; Maternal perception; Parent perception; Parent child interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001015307     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90008-9     Document Type: Article

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