Attachment behavior and mother-child conversations as predictors of attachment representations in middle childhood: A longitudinal study

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-357

  Dubois Comtois, Karine ^a   Cyr, Chantal ^b   Moss, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective information; Attachment behaviors; Attachment representations; Childhood; Mother child conversations

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 79960154225     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.584455     Document Type: Article

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