The quality and frequency of mother-toddler conflict: Links with attachment and temperament

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 426-443

  Laible, Deborah ^a   Panfile, Tia ^a   Makariev, Drika ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 41149169287     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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