Maternal anxiety, behavioral inhibition, and attachment

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-215

  Stevenson Hinde, Joan ^a   Shouldice, Anne ^a   Chicot, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambivalent attachment; Attachment security; Behavioral inhibition; Maternal anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956206975     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.562409     Document Type: Article

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