Gender and patterns of emotional availability in mother-toddler and father-toddler dyads

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-353

  Lovas, Gretchen S ^a  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 33644623420     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20056     Document Type: Article

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