Parents' attachment histories and children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors: Exploring family systems models of linkage

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-63

  Cowan, Philip A ^a   Cohn, Deborah A ^b   Cowan, Carolyn Pape ^a   Pearson, Jane L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONTROL; TEACHER;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 0029868152     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.64.1.53     Document Type: Article

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