Promoting secure attachment: Evaluation of the effectiveness of an early intervention pilot programme with mother-infant dyads in Santiago, Chile

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-210

  Santelices, M P ^a   Guzman G M ^b   Aracena, M ^a   Farkas, C ^a   Armijo, I ^a   Perez Salas C P ^a   Borghini, A ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attachment; Early intervention; Primipara mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PILOT PROJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951532506     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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