The role of maternal attachment in children's attachment and cognitive executive functioning: A preliminary study

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 429-444

  von der Lippe, Anna ^a   Eilertsen, Dag Erik ^a   Hartmann, Ellen ^a   Killèn, Kari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Executive cognitive functioning; Intergenerational attachment; Maternal secure attachment; Maternal sensitivity; Maternal tutoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955881506     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2010.501967     Document Type: Article

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