Newborn irritability moderates the association between infant attachment security and toddler exploration and sociability

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1381-1389

  Stupica, Brandi ^a   Sherman, Laura J ^a   Cassidy, Jude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRRITABLE MOOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052582592     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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