Measuring attachment in middle childhood: Challenges and future directions

Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-187

  Laible, Deborah ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Measurement; Middle childhood; Validation

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; INFANCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 22544469676     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085520     Document Type: Note

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