Maternal perception of newborns predicts attachment organization in middle adulthood

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 159-172

  Broussard, Elsie R ^a   Cassidy, Jude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview; Attachment; Longitudinal studies; Maternal perception; Neonatal Perception Inventories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77950975361     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730903282464     Document Type: Article

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