The inner working model as a "theory of attachment": Development during the preschool years

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-414

  Delius, Andrea ^a   Bovenschen, Ina ^a   Spangler, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment development; Inner working model; Preschool age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INNER WORKING MODEL; LEARNING STYLE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 56749106216     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802461425     Document Type: Article

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