Transmission of attachment across three generations: Continuity and reversal

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-354

  Hautamäki, Airi ^a   Hautamäki, Laura ^a   Neuvonen, Leena ^b   Maliniemi Piispanen, Sinikka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Child Psychologist ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview; attachment; Preschool Assessment of Attachment; three generations; transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLASSIFICATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER;

EID: 77954404506     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104510365451     Document Type: Article

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