Attachment in infancy and preschool in low socioeconomic status rural Appalachian children: Stability and change and relations to preschool and kindergarten competence

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-312

  Fish, Margaret ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 16544382355     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579404044529     Document Type: Article

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