Attachment Relationship Experiences and Childhood Psychopathology

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1008, Issue , 2003, Pages 22-30

  Zeanah, Charles H ^a,c   Keyes, Angela ^b   Settles, Lisa ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Caregiver; Development; Infant

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOLOGY; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANCY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 1342347755     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1301.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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