A picture is worth a thousand words: Children's representations of family as indicators of early attachment

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-37

  Madigan, Sheri ^b   Ladd, Michelle ^b   Goldberg, Susan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drawing interpretation; Family drawings; Infant attachment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ART; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0346033393     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461673031000078652     Document Type: Article

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