Attachment, self-worth, and peer-group functioning in middle childhood

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-325

  Booth Laforce, Cathryn ^a   Oh, Wonjung ^b   Kim, Angel Hayoung ^b   Rubin, Kenneth H ^b   Rose Krasnor, Linda ^c   Burgess, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Avoidant coping; Preoccupied coping; Self worth; Social competence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845718091     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730601048209     Document Type: Article

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