Attachment, maternal sensitivity, and infant temperament during the first year of life

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-25

  Seifer, Ronald ^a,c   Schiller, Masha ^a   Sameroff, Arnold J ^b   Resnick, Staci ^a   Riordan, Kate ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 33846840419     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.1.12     Document Type: Article

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