Children's use of transitional objects: Parental attitudes and perceptions

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-230

  Triebenbacher, Sandra Lookabaugh ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parental Attitudes; Perceptions; Transitional objects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030997715     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02353351     Document Type: Article

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