Attachment representations in mothers, fathers, adolescents, and clinical groups: A meta-analytic search for normative data

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-21

  Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; PERSONALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029991433     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.64.1.8     Document Type: Article

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