Attachment and caregiving relationships in families affected by parental incarceration

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-415

  Shlafer, Rebecca J ^a   Poehlmann, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Behavior problems; Parental incarceration; Relationships; Visitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COOPERATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954120998     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730903417052     Document Type: Article

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