Genetic and Caregiving-Based Contributions to Infant Attachment: Unique Associations With Distress Reactivity and Attachment Security

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1016-1023

  Raby, K Lee ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^a,b   Carlson, Elizabeth A ^a   Cutuli, J J ^c   Englund, Michelle M ^a   Egeland, Byron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emotional development; genetics; individual differences; infant development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866420012     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612438265     Document Type: Article

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