The nature of the mother's tie to her infant: Maternal bonding under conditions of proximity, separation, and potential loss

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 929-939

  Feldman, Ruth ^a   Weller, Aron ^a   Leckman, James F ^b   Kuint, Jacob ^d   Eidelman, Arthur I ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Bar Ilan University ^*

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attachment; Bonding; Maternal depression; Mothers; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PUERPERIUM; SAFETY; THINKING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032836967     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004308     Document Type: Article

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