Continuity, discontinuity, and coherence in attachment from infancy to late adolescence: Sequelae of organization and disorganization

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-97

  Weinfield, Nancy S ^a   Whaley, Gloria J L ^b   Egeland, Byron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment continuity; Disorganized attachment; High risk poverty sample; Late adolescent attachment; Strange situation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1542376113     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730310001659566     Document Type: Review

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