The interplay between parental beliefs about children's emotions and parental stress impacts children's attachment security

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-287

  Stelter, Rebecca L ^a   Halberstadt, Amy G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment security; Parental beliefs; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958782539     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.693     Document Type: Article

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