Attachment representations and representations of the self in relation to others: A study of preschool children in inner-city London

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-72

  McCarthy, Gerard ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

EID: 17944377499     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1998.tb01367.x     Document Type: Article

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