Paternal socio-psychological factors and infant attachment: The mediating role of synchrony in father-infant interactions

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-236

  Lundy, Brenda L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Father infant; Infant attachment; International synchrony; Marital satisfaction; Paternal depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; WORK;

EID: 0036392117     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00123-6     Document Type: Article

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