Attachment stability and the emergence of unresolved representations during adolescence

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-512

  Aikins, Julie Wargo ^a   Howes, Carollee ^b   Hamilton, Claire ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

AAP; Adolescence; Adult Attachment Projective Picture System; Attachment stability; Socio emotional adjustment; Unresolved attachment representations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FACULTY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 71549136536     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730903017019     Document Type: Article

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