Adult attachment and parenting stress among parents of toddlers

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-302

  Nygren, Maria ^a   Carstensen, John ^a   Ludvigsson, Johnny ^a   Sepa Frostell, Anneli ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adult attachment; attachment styles; family relations; parenting; parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PARENTAL STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIONSHIP SCALES QUESTIONNAIRE; TODDLER;

EID: 84866442784     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2012.717264     Document Type: Article

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