Parental Beliefs, Infant Temperament, and Marital Quality: Associations with Infant-Mother and Infant-Father Attachment

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 828-838

  Wong, Maria S ^a   Mangelsdorf, Sarah C ^b   Brown, Geoffrey L ^c   Neff, Cynthia ^a   Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; beliefs about the paternal role; child temperament; fathers; marital quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PARENTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 72449206671     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016491     Document Type: Article

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