Maternal anxiety, maternal sensitivity, and attachment

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 618-636

  Stevenson Hinde, Joan ^a   Chicot, Rebecca ^a   Shouldice, Anne ^a   Hinde, Camilla A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attachment security; maternal anxiety; maternal interactions; maternal sensitivity; patterns of attachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPATHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890421525     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2013.830387     Document Type: Article

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