Attachment and social understanding in young school-age children: An investigation using the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task

Minerva Psichiatrica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-69

  Zaccagnino, M ^a   Cussino, M ^a   Callerame, C ^a   Actis Perinetti, B ^a   Veglia, F ^a   Green, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dependency (Psychology); Sociology

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84876539395     PISSN: 03911772     EISSN: 18271731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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