The Internal Working Model of the Self, Attachment, and Competence in Five-Year-Olds

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2493-2511

  Verschueren, Karine ^a,b   Marcoen, Alfons ^a   Schoefs, Veerle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Center for Developmental Psychology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030253092     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01870.x     Document Type: Article

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