The Manchester Child Attachment Story Task: Relationship with parental AAI, SAT and child behaviour

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-84

  Goldwyn, Ruth ^b   Stanley, Charlie ^b   Smith, Vicky ^b   Green, Jonathan ^a  

^a BOOTH HALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview; Child attachment representation; Separation Anxiety Test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SEPARATION ANXIETY; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0034173261     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146167300361327     Document Type: Article

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