Maternal Representations of Past and Current Attachment Relationships, and Emotional Experience Across the Transition to Motherhood: A Longitudinal Study

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-219

  Behringer, Johanna ^a   Reiner, Iris ^b   Spangler, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Couple; Emotion regulation; Mothers; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954990300     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023083     Document Type: Article

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