Mothers of securely attached children with autism spectrum disorder are more sensitive than mothers of insecurely attached children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 643-650

  Koren Karie, Nina ^a   Oppenheim, David ^a   Dolev, Smadar ^a   Yirmiya, Nurit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Autistic disorder; Maternal sensitivity; Parent child interaction; Parent child relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68849126017     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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