A Review of Attachment Theory in the Context of Adolescent Parenting

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-121

  Flaherty, Serena Cherry ^a   Sadler, Lois S ^b  

^a The Door Adolescent Health Center   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mother; Attachment; Maternal infant attachment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING;

EID: 79951514864     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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