Predicting children's separation anxiety at age 6: The contributions of infant-mother attachment security, maternal sensitivity, and maternal separation anxiety

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-408

  Dallaire, Danielle H ^a   Weinraub, Marsha ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Maternal sensitivity; Separation anxiety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 31144475439     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730500365894     Document Type: Article

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