Mothers' adult attachment interview ratings predict preschool children's iq following domestic violence exposure

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 505-527

  Busch, Amy L ^a   Lieberman, Alicia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child; Cognitive; Domestic violence; IQ; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957900683     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2010.504542     Document Type: Article

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