Attachment security and narrative elaboration

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 398-409

  McCabe, Allyssa ^a   Peterson, Carole ^b   Connors, Dianne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Elaboration; Emotional development; Language development; Narrative; Preschool

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NARRATIVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SECURITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33751116279     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406071488     Document Type: Article

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