Attachment figures in middle childhood

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-355

  Seibert, Ashley C ^a   Kerns, Kathryn A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Middle childhood; Parent child relations

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHER;

EID: 67649964717     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025409103872     Document Type: Article

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