Validity of attachment Q-sort descriptions by mothers: The Japanese case

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-299

  Vereijken, Carolus M J L ^a,d   Hanta, Susumu ^b   Van Lieshout, Cornelis F M ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b Shirayuri University   (Japan)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attachment Q sort; Mother child interaction; Peer relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031292818     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00061     Document Type: Article

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