Sex differences in infant-mother attachment

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 84-88

  Williams, Sue W ^a   Blunk, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037315806     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.1.84     Document Type: Article

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