Attachment and separation in young children

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue , 1996, Pages 541-561

  Field, Tiffany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychobiological attunement; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; AROUSAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0029690622     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.47.1.541     Document Type: Article

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