Culturally sensitive assessment of attachment in children aged 18-40 months in a South African township

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 544-558

  Minde, Klaus ^a,b   Minde, Regina ^a   Vogel, Wendy ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845200863     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20106     Document Type: Article

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