Attachment and play in child care centres: Reliability and validity of the attachment Q-sort for mothers and professional caregivers in Italy

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-255

  Cassibba, Rosalinda ^a,c   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^b   D'Odorico, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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EID: 3242710005     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016502500383377     Document Type: Article

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