Representations of attachment relationships, the self, and significant others in middle childhood

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-321

  Clark, Sharon E ^a,b   Symons, Douglas K ^c  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attributions; Middle childhood; Peers; Self

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHER;

EID: 71949116298     PISSN: 17198429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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