Caregivers' disrupted representations of the unborn child predict later infant-caregiver disorganized attachment and disrupted interactions

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-144

  Crawford, Allison ^a   Benoit, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOURNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 67650697140     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20207     Document Type: Article

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