Defensive dysregulation in preschool children's attachment story narratives and its relation to attachment classification and externalizing behaviour

School Psychology International

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-312

  Stacks, Ann M ^a,b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorganized attachment; Doll play; Externalizing behaviour; Preschool attachment; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547299926     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034307078537     Document Type: Article

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