Attachment and infant difficultness in postnatal depression

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 668-686

  Meredith, Pamela ^a   Noller, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child factors; Marital relationship; Mother child relationship; Postnatal depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642515077     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03024005005     Document Type: Article

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