Reflective functioning in mothers with drug use disorders: Implications for dyadic interactions with infants and toddlers

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 567-585

  Suchman, Nancy E ^a,b   DeCoste, Cindy ^a   Leigh, Denise ^b   Borelli, Jessica ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mother child relations; Parent child relations; Parenting; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77957891992     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2010.501988     Document Type: Article

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