Meta-analytic evidence for stability in attachments from infancy to early adulthood

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-218

  Pinquart, Martin ^a   Feußner, Christina ^a   Ahnert, Lieselotte ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

attachment; meta analysis; risk factors; stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874652692     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2013.746257     Document Type: Article

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