Beyond the dyad: Do family interactions in.uence children's attachment representations in middle childhood?

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-431

  Dubois Comtois, Karine ^a   Moss, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment representations; Family relationships; Home observation; Middle childhood; Mother child interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 56749160589     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802461441     Document Type: Article

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