Maternal separation anxiety in infancy: Precursors and outcomes

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-111

  Scher, Anat ^a   Hershkovitz, Ruth ^b   Harel, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infants' Attachment; Maternal Separation Anxiety; Secure Preoccupied Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031739959     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025031931770     Document Type: Article

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