Maternal sensitivity throughout infancy: Continuity and relation to attachment security

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-60

  Bigelow, Ann E ^a   MacLean, Kim ^a   Proctor, Jane ^a   Myatt, Tanya ^a   Gillis, Rita ^a   Power, Michelle ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Contingency; Joint attention; Maternal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PLAY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 75549084909     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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