Unresolved maternal attachment representations, disrupted maternal behavior and disorganized attachment in infancy: Links to toddler behavior problems

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1042-1050

  Madigan, Sheri ^a   Moran, Greg ^b   Schuengel, Carlo ^c   Pederson, David R ^b   Otten, Roy ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Behavior problems; Parent child interaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 34948847571     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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