Normative trends in children's perceptions of availability and utilization of attachment figures in middle childhood

Social Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Kerns, Kathryn A ^a   Tomich, Patricia L ^a   Kim, Patricia ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Middle childhood; Social adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645116568     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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