Insufficient responsiveness in ambivalent mother-infant relationships: Contextual and affective aspects

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-383

  Harel, Judith ^a   Scher, Anat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affect regulation; Ambivalent resistant infants and mothers; Attachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0042197535     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(03)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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