The tactile context of a mother's caregiving: Implications for attachment of low birth weight infants

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-111

  Weiss, Sandra J ^a   Wilson, Peggy ^b   Hertenstein, Matthew J ^c   Campos, Rosemary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Low birth weight; Parenting; Touch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005293962     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(00)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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