Emotion regulation and attachment: Relationships with children's secure base, during different situational and social contexts in naturalistic settings

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 298-306

  Roque, Lisa ^a   Veríssimo, Manuela ^a   Fernandes, Marília ^a   Rebelo, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Attachment; Behavioral strategies; Emotion regulation; Emotional expressiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL REGULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE AFFECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TODDLER;

ADULT; ANGER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84875780237     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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