The significance of attachment security for children's social competence with peers: A meta-analytic study

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-136

  Groh, Ashley M ^a   Fearon, R Pasco ^b   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^c   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^c   Steele, Ryan D ^d   Roisman, Glenn I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; meta analysis; peers; psychopathology; social competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ANOMIE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84897631723     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.883636     Document Type: Article

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