Maternal beliefs about children's attachments to soft objects

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 427-436

  Lehman, Elyse Brauch ^a   Arnold, Barbara E ^a   Reeves, Sally L ^a   Steier, Alison ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029954753     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080193     Document Type: Article

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