Attachment linked predictors of women's emotional and cognitive responses to infant distress

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-32

  Leerkes, Esther M ^a   Siepak, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Attributions; Emotional response; Infant crying

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; COGNITION; CRYING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEO RECORDING; WOMEN;

EID: 33645634697     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730600594450     Document Type: Article

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