The Emotional Availability Scales: Methodological refinements of the construct and clinical implications related to gender and at-risk interactions

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-294

  Easterbrooks, M Ann ^a   Biringen, Zeynep ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HOSTILITY; INDEPENDENCE; INTIMACY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33644631890     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20053     Document Type: Editorial

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