Attachment and non-maternal care: Towards contextualizing the quantity versus quality debate

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-285

  Aviezer, Ora ^a,b   Sagi Schwartz, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Commentary NICHD SECCYD; Non maternal care; Quality; Quantity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY INTERACTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 53549132530     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802366699     Document Type: Article

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