Stories of parents and self: Relations to adolescent attachment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2047-2056

  Zaman, Widaad ^a   Fivush, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attachment; Gender differences; Intergenerational narratives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84887526498     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032023     Document Type: Article

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