The stability of attachment security from infancy to adolescence and early adulthood: General Introduction

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 678-683

  Waters, Everett ^a   Hamilton, Claire E ^b   Weinfield, Nancy S ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0034182621     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00175     Document Type: Article

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