Maternal versus nonmaternal care and seven domains of children's development

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 727-747

  Erel, Osnat ^a   Oberman, Yael ^a   Yirmiya, Nurit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 0034265435     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.126.5.727     Document Type: Article

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