Maternal sensitivity mediates the link between maternal insightfulness/resolution and child-mother attachment: The case of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-584

  Oppenheim, David ^a   Koren Karie, Nina ^a   Dolev, Smadar ^a   Yirmiya, Nurit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

attachment; Autism Spectrum Disorder; insightfulness; maternal sensitivity; resolution of diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; OBSERVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OBSERVATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84868284548     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2012.727256     Document Type: Article

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