Correlates of self-reported attachment (in)security in children: The role of parental romantic attachment status and rearing behaviors

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 555-566

  Roelofs, Jeffrey ^a   Meesters, Cor ^a   Muris, Peter ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Children; Intergenerational transmission of attachment; Parental rearing behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449114280     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-007-9174-x     Document Type: Article

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