Maternal attachment script representations: Longitudinal stability and associations with stylistic features of maternal narratives

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-208

  Vaughn, Brian E ^a   Veríssimo, Manuela ^b   Coppola, Gabrielle ^c   Bost, Kelly K ^d   Shin, Nana ^d   McBride, Brent ^d   Krzysik, Lisa ^a   Korth, Byran ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment script representations; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LITERATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; STORYTELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 33748096109     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730600856024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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