Rethinking maternal sensitivity: Mothers' comments on infants' mental processes predict security of attachment at 12 months

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 637-648

  Meins, E ^a   Fernyhough, C ^a   Fradley, E ^a   Tuckey, M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Individual differences; Mind mindedness; Mothers; Normal development; Parent child interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MODEL; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTHOOD; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034942977     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963001007302     Document Type: Article

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