The relationship of preschool and early school age attachment to mother-child interaction

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-141

  Humber, Nancy ^a   Moss, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PATTERN; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLING PATTERN; DEPENDENT PATTERN; DISORGANIZED PATTERN; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SECURE PATTERN; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 13844308130     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.1.128     Document Type: Article

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