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

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 703-706

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

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034183702     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00179     Document Type: Article

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