The similarity of siblings' attachments to their mother

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1086-1098

  Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^c   Moran, Greg ^c   Belsky, Jay ^b   Pederson, David ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   Kneppers, Kirstie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 0034230663     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00211     Document Type: Article

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