Attachment, culture, and the caregiving system: The cultural patterning of everyday experiences among Anglo and Puerto Rican mother-infant pairs

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-73

  Carlson, Vivian J ^a,b   Harwood, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RATING SCALE;

EID: 10244270019     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.10043     Document Type: Article

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