Pregnancy wantedness and child attachment security: Is there a relationship?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-487

  Miller, Warren Bailley ^a   Sable, Marjorie R ^b   Csizmadia, Annamaria ^b  

^a Transnational Family Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment security; Early head start; Low income; Maternal motivation; Pregnancy wantedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, UNWANTED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48649104443     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0254-8     Document Type: Article

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