Representations of family relationships in children living with custodial grandparents

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-188

  Poehlmann, Julie ^a   Park, Jennifer ^a   Bouffiou, Lydia ^a   Abrahams, Joshua ^a   Shlafer, Rebecca ^a   Hahn, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Children; Grandparent; Incarceration; Relationships; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 51449104801     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802113695     Document Type: Article

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