Maternal sensitivity: Evidence of stability across time, contexts, and measurement instruments

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 348-355

  Behrens, Kazuko Y ^a   Hart, Sybil L ^a   Parker, Andrea C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment security; Maternal behavior Q set (MBQS); Maternal sensitivity; Strange situation procedure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868552009     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1747     Document Type: Article

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