Mother - Child attachment in later middle childhood: Assessment approaches and associations with mood and emotion regulation

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-53

  Kerns, Kathryn A ^a   Abraham, Michelle M ^a   Schlegelmilch, Andrew ^a   Morgan, Theresa A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment assessment; Emotional development; Middle childhood; Mother Child attachment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOOD; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHER; TEMPERAMENT; VALIDITY; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; OBJECT RELATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34248549317     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730601151441     Document Type: Article

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