Parental representations: A systematic review of the working model of the child interview

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 314-328

  Vreeswijk, Charlotte M J M ^a   Maas, A Janneke B M ^a   van Bakel, Hedwig J A ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION SIZE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WELLBEING; WORKING MODEL OF THE CHILD INTERVIEW;

EID: 84860998579     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20337     Document Type: Article

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