The vicissitudes of mother-infant relationships between birth and six years

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-53

  Priddis, Lynn E ^a   Howieson, Noel D ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult attachment patterns; Infancy; Maternal sensitivity; Mother infant interactions; Preschoolers; School age

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949218367     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430600912264     Document Type: Article

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