A Dimensional Approach to Maternal Attachment State of Mind: Relations to Maternal Sensitivity and Maternal Autonomy Support

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 396-403

  Whipple, Natasha ^a   Bernier, Annie ^a   Mageau, Geneviève A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult attachment state of mind; Maternal autonomy support; Maternal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952586562     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021310     Document Type: Article

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