Attachment disorganization and controlling behavior in middle childhood: Maternal and child precursors and correlates

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-284

  Bureau, Jean François ^a   Easlerbrooks, M Ann ^b   Lyons Ruth, Karlen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk; Controlling attachment; Disorganized attachment; Middle childhood; Parent child interaction; Role reversal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER;

EID: 68049105121     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730902814788     Document Type: Article

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