Maternal parenting and children's conscience: Early security as moderator

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1229-1242

  Kochanska, Grazyna ^a,b   Aksan, Nazan ^a   Knaack, Amy ^a   Rhines, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORALITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION;

COGNITION; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORALS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 4344700785     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00735.x     Document Type: Review

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