Young adolescent's confidence in maternal support: Attentional bias moderates the link between attachment-related expectations and behavioral problems

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 829-839

  Bosmans, Guy ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^b   Vandevivere, Eva ^b   Braet, Caroline ^b   De Raedt, Rudi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attention; Behavior problems; Cognitive Schema; Developmental psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER; SCHOOL CHILD; TRUST;

EID: 84881188691     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9526-3     Document Type: Article

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