Maternal attitudes and attachment styles in mothers of obese children

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 613-620

  Trombini, Elena ^a   Baldaro, Bruno ^a,b   Bertaccini, Riccardo ^a   Mattei, Chiara ^a   Montebarocci, Ornella ^a   Rossi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Psicologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 1542782593     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.2.613     Document Type: Article

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