The importance of maternal state of mind regarding attachment and infant age at placement to foster mothers' representations of their foster infants

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 417-431

  Bates, Brady C ^a   Dozier, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3242706471     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.10022     Document Type: Article

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