Is attachment at ages 1, 6 and 16 related to autonomy and relatedness behavior of adolescents in interaction towards their mothers?

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 372-380

  Becker Stoll, Fabienne ^a   Fremmer Bombik, Elisabeth ^b   Wartner, Ulrike ^c   Zimmermann, Peter ^d   Grossmann, Klaus E ^e  

^a State Institute of Early Childhood Research   (Germany)

^b Practice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Autonomy; Behavior; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PLANNING; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 50449089508     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408093654     Document Type: Article

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