Kinship Center Attachment Questionnaire: Development of a caregiver-completed attachment measure for children younger than 6 years

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 852-873

  Kappenberg, Erin Setsuko ^a   Halpern, Diane F ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Attachment; Measurement; Test development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748042952     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405285545     Document Type: Article

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