Similarities and differences in mothers' and observers' ratings of infant security on the Attachment Q-Sort

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-22

  Tarabulsy, George M ^a   Provost, Marc A ^b   Larose, Simon ^a   Moss, Ellen ^c   Lemelin, Jean Pascal ^a   Moran, Greg ^d   Forbes, Lindsey ^d   Pederson, David R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Attachment behavior; Home observations; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT BEHAVIOR Q SORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; Q-SORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 37449012544     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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