Child maltreatment and insecure attachment: A meta-analysis

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-197

  Baer, Judith ^a   Martinez, Colleen Daly ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33746572790     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830600821231     Document Type: Review

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