Sensitivity and Attachment: A Meta-Analysis on Parental Antecedents of Infant Attachment

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 571-591

  De Wolff, Marianne S ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TOUCH;

ADULT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOUCH;

EID: 0031203927     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb04218.x     Document Type: Article

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