Individual differences in biobehavioral organization during problem-solving in toddlers: The influence of maternal behavior, infant-mother attachment, and behavioral inhibition on the attachment-exploration balance

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-306

  Schieche, Michael ^a   Spangler, Gottfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical activity; Attachment; Coping; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INHIBITION KINETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL SECURITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SALIVA; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 20144373737     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20065     Document Type: Article

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