Attachment-Based Classifications of Children's Family Drawings: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Children's Adjustment in Kindergarten

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-255

  Pianta, Robert C ^a   Longmaid, Kate ^b   Ferguson, Julie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY;

ART; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0033142352     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp2802_11     Document Type: Article

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