Attachment and social competence: A study using MCAST in low-risk Italian preschoolers

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-403

  Barone, Lavinia ^a   Lionetti, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment assessment; Manchester child attachment story task; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK;

EID: 84865051503     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2012.691653     Document Type: Article

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