Attachment security and disorganization in maltreating and high-risk families: A series of meta-analyses

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-108

  Cyr, Chantal ^a,b   Euser, Eveline M ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77950925788     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579409990289     Document Type: Article

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