Risks and outcomes associated with disorganized/controlling patterns of attachment at age three years in the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 450-472

  O'Connor, Erin ^a   Bureau, Jean Francois ^b   Mccartney, Kathleen ^b   Lyons Ruth, Karlen ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTING STRESS INDEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; STUDENT TEACHER RELATIONSHIP SCALE;

EID: 79959734095     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20305     Document Type: Article

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