Disorganized attachment and social skills as indicators of Head Start children's school readiness skills

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-164

  Stacks, Ann M ^a   Oshio, Toko ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorganized attachment; Doll play; Dysregulated affect; Preschool attachment; School readiness

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POVERTY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 62249188106     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802625250     Document Type: Article

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