Children's attachment relationships with day care caregivers: Associations with positive caregiving and the child's temperament

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 454-470

  De Schipper, J Clasien ^a   Tavecchio, Louis W C ^b   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Caregiving; Day care; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649130123     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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