Child care predictors of infant-mother attachment security at age 12 months

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-46

  Harrison, Linda ^a   Ungerer, Judy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child care; Infancy; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006858971     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443971370103     Document Type: Article

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