The impact of maternal characteristics and contextual variables on infant-mother attachment

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 480-496

  Huth Bocks, Alissa C ^a   Levendosky, Alytia A ^b   Bogat, G Anne ^b   Von Eye, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 3142768924     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00688.x     Document Type: Review

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