Transmission of social anxiety from mother to infant: An experimental study using a social referencing paradigm

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1165-1175

  de Rosnay, Marc ^a   Cooper, Peter J ^a   Tsigaras, Nicolas ^a   Murray, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Etiology; Infants; Modeling; Social cognition; Social referencing

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TEMPERAMENT; TRAINING;

AFFECT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 33745209879     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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