Maternal sensitivity in interactions with three- and 12-month-old infants: Stability, structural composition, and developmental consequences

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-252

  Lohaus, Arnold ^a   Keller, Heidi ^b   Ball, Juliane ^a   Voelker, Susanne ^a   Elben, Cornelia ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

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EID: 10244266407     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.351     Document Type: Article

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