Parental synchrony and nurturance as targets in an attachment based intervention: building upon Mary Ainsworth's insights about mother-infant interaction

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 507-523

  Bernard, Kristin ^a   Meade, E B ^a   Dozier, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; intervention; nurturance; sensitivity; synchrony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890335991     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2013.820920     Document Type: Article

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