Maternal adult attachment representations across relationship domains and infant outcomes: The importance of family and couple functioning

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-27

  Dickstein, Susan ^a   Seifer, Ronald ^a   Albus, Kathleen E ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Promotion of Child Development through Primary Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Child outcomes; Marital attachment

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARRIAGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 59849128160     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802500164     Document Type: Article

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