Attachment organization and the early development of internal state language: A longitudinal perspective

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 252-262

  Lemche, Erwin ^a   Kreppner, M Jana ^a   Joraschky, Peter ^b   Klann Delius, Gisela ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment organization; Cognition vocabulary; Emotion vocabulary; Internal state language; Language acquisition; Metacognition; Preschool age development; Theory of mind; Toddler hood development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAY;

EID: 34247617442     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025407076438     Document Type: Article

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