Multi-method assessment of mother-child attachment: Links to parenting and child depressive symptoms in middle childhood

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-333

  Kerns, Kathryn A ^a   Brumariu, Laura E ^a   Seibert, Ashley ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Behavior problems; Depression; Middle childhood; Parenting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 79960190670     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.584398     Document Type: Article

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