Maternal secure base support and preschoolers' secure base behavior in natural environments

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-411

  Posada, Germán ^a   Kaloustian, Garene ^a   Richmond, Melissa K ^b   Moreno, Amanda J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OMNI Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment security; Child mother attachment relationships; Maternal care; Secure base behavior; Secure base support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749002147     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730701712316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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