The insightfulness assessment: Measuring the internal processes underlying maternal sensitivity

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 545-561

  Oppenheim, David ^a   Koren Karie, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

attachment; insightfulness; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890397324     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2013.820901     Document Type: Article

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