Attachment representations in internationally adopted children

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 585-600

  Román, Maite ^a   Palacios, Jesús ^a   Moreno, Carmen ^a   López, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

adoption; attachment narratives; attachment representations; institutionalization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; RUSSIA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868291986     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2012.727257     Document Type: Article

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