Maternal sensitivity assessed during the Strange Situation Procedure predicts child's attachment quality and reunion behaviors

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 378-381

  Behrens, Kazuko Y ^a   Parker, Andrea C ^a   Haltigan, John D ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Maternal sensitivity; Mother child interaction; Strange Situation Procedure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957725813     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: 01636383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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