Infant attachment: Contributions of infant temperament and maternal characteristics

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-196

  Mangelsdorf, Sarah C ^a   McHale, Jean L ^b   Diener, Marissa ^c   Goldstein, Lauren Heim ^d   Lehn, Lisa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Utah ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Maternal personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041469121     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(01)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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