Mothers' representations of their infants assessed prenatally: Stability and association with infants' attachment classifications

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-313

  Benoit, Diane ^b   Parker, Kevin C H ^c   Zeanah, Charles H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Infancy; Parent infant relationship; Parental perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030851694     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01515.x     Document Type: Article

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