Mother-child discourse, attachment security, shared positive affect, and early conscience development

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1424-1440

  Laible, Deborah J ^a   Thompson, Ross A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONSCIENCE; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034277815     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00237     Document Type: Article

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