The development of father-child attachment: Associations between adult attachment representations, recollections of childhood experiences and caregiving

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 701-721

  McFarland Piazza, Laura ^a   Hazen, Nancy ^b   Jacobvitz, Deborah ^b   Boyd Soisson, Erin ^c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MESSIAH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult attachment; attachment; caregiving; fathers; infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861204504     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2011.573071     Document Type: Article

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