Narrative story stems with high risk six year-olds: Differential associations with mother- and teacher-reported psycho-social adjustment

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-380

  Page, Timothy ^a   Boris, Neil W ^b   Heller, Sherryl ^b   Robinson, Lara ^c   Hawkins, Shantice ^d   Norwood, Rhonda ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Communities In Schools ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; High risk children; Narratives; Psycho social adjustment; Story stems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NARRATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960198023     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.584401     Document Type: Article

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