Intergenerational transmission of role reversal between parent and child: Dyadic and family systems internal working models

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-65

  Macfie, Jenny ^a   Mcelwain, Nancy L ^b   Houts, Renate M ^c   Cox, Martha J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental psychopathology; Fathers; Internal working models; Role reversal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; INTIMACY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 17144363176     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730500039663     Document Type: Article

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