Maternal Role Confusion: Relations to Maternal Attachment and Mother-Child Interaction from Infancy to Adolescence

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-131

  Vulliez Coady, Lauriane ^a   Obsuth, Ingrid ^a   Torreiro Casal, Monica ^a   Ellertsdottir, Lydia ^a   Lyons Ruth, Karlen ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFUSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ASSESSMENT OF ROLE CONFUSION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE CONFUSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SINGLE PARENT;

EID: 84875642084     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21379     Document Type: Article

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