Amae and Attachment: Security in Cultural Context

Human Development

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-39

  Rothbaum, Fred ^a   Kakinuma, Miki ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amae; Attachment; Culture; Relationships; Security

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILDHOOD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1242284278     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075368     Document Type: Note

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