Mother-to-infant and father-to-infant initial emotional involvement

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 521-532

  Figueiredo, Bárbara ^a   Costa, Raquel ^a   Pacheco, Alexandra ^a   Pais, Alvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Júlio Dinis Maternity Hospital   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bonding; Emotional involvement; Father; Infant; Mother

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649109638     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430600577562     Document Type: Article

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