Maternal sensitivity and infant emotional reactivity: Concurrent and longitudinal relations

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 243-263

  Spinrad, Tracy L ^a   Stifter, Cynthia A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional reactivity; Infant temperament; Maternal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038095588     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v34n03_03     Document Type: Review

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