'Adoption and attachment theory' the attachment models of adoptive mothers and the revision of attachment patterns of their late-adopted children

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-88

  Pace, C S ^a   Zavattini, G C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adoptive mothers; Attachment patterns; Internal Working Model; Late adopted children

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650094389     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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