Adults' Autonomic and Subjective Emotional Responses to Infant Vocalizations: The Role of Secure Base Script Knowledge

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 889-893

  Groh, Ashley M ^a   Roisman, Glenn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment Script Assessment; electrodermal activity; heart rate reactivity; infant crying; infant laughter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRYING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LOVE; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRYING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LAUGHTER; LOVE; MALE; NARRATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649094801     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014943     Document Type: Article

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