Attachment to mothers and fathers during middle childhood: Associations with child gender, grade, and competence

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-101

  Diener, Marissa L ^a   Isabella, Russell A ^a   Behunin, Melissa G ^a   Wong, Maria S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Competence; Fathers; Middle childhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149102613     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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