Attachment and sensitivity in family context: The roles of parent and infant gender

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-385

  Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^a,d   Diener, Marissa L ^b   Mangelsdorf, Sarah C ^c   Brown, Geoffrey L ^c   McHale, Jean L ^d   Frosch, Cynthia A ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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

^d University of Arizona ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child gender; Father infant; Mother infant; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748684595     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.449     Document Type: Article

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