Stability of Q-sort attachment security from age two to five

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 785-791

  Symons, Doug ^a   Clark, Sharon ^a   Isaksen, Gudny ^a   Marshall, Jocelyn ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment security; Q sorts; Relationships; Reliability; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344292630     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0163-6383(98)90045-5     Document Type: Article

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