Relations between young children's responses to the depiction of separation and pain experiences

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-71

  Walsh, Trudi M ^a   Symons, Douglas K ^b   McGrath, Patrick J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment representation; Internal working models; Pain; Preschoolers; Separation

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THINKING;

ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PAIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 1542286114     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730410001663489     Document Type: Review

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