A Secure Base in Adolescence: Markers of Attachment Security in the Mother-Adolescent Relationship

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 292-307

  Allen, Joseph P ^a   McElhaney, Kathleen Boykin ^a   Land, Deborah J ^d   Kuperminc, Gabriel P ^b   Moore, Cynthia W ^c   O'Beirne Kelly, Heather ^d   Kilmer, Sarah Liebman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Box 400400 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038687445     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.t01-1-00536     Document Type: Article

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