Changes in maternal sensitivity across the first three years: Are mothers from different attachment dyads differentially influenced by depressive symptomatology?

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-317

  Mills Koonce, W Roger ^a   Gariepy, Jean Louis ^a   Sutton, Kelly ^b   Cox, Martha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b J Iverson Riddle Developmental Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Depression; Disorganization; Maternal sensitivity; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STRANGE SITUATION PARADIGM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER;

EID: 53549113917     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802113612     Document Type: Article

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