Attachment Categories as Reflections of Multiple Dimensions: Comment on Fraley and Spieker (2003)

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-416

  Sroufe, L Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0141642012     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.413     Document Type: Review

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