Relations between maternal attachment representations and the quality of mother-infant interaction in preterm and full-term infants

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-336

  Korja, Riikka ^a   Ahlqvist Björkroth, Sari ^b   Savonlahti, Elina ^a   Stolt, Suvi ^a,b   Haataja, Leena ^a   Lapinleimu, Helena ^a   Piha, Jorma ^a   Lehtonen, Liisa ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Maternal representations; Mother infant interaction; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953027902     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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