Insecure adult attachment style and depressive symptoms: Implications for parental perceptions of infant temperament

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-116

  Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Strandberg, Timo ^a   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a   Järvenpää, Anna Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 13844265794     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.10092     Document Type: Article

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