Finnish mother's and father's attachment representations during child's first year predict psychosocial adjustment in preadolescence

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 529-549

  Kouvo, Anna M ^a   Silvén, Maarit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adult attachment interview; Fathers; Finnish families; Mothers; Normative data; Preadolescents; Psychosocial competence and problems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CULTURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957917990     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2010.504545     Document Type: Article

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