Attachment in adolescence: Overlap with parenting and unique prediction of behavioural adjustment

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1052-1062

  Scott, Stephen ^a   Briskman, Jacqueline ^a   Woolgar, Matthew ^a   Humayun, Sajid ^a   O'Connor, Thomas G ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; antisocial behaviour; Attachment; behaviour problems; parent child relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 80052549273     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02453.x     Document Type: Article

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