How do children make sense of their experiences? Children's memories of wellbeing and distress from an attachment perspective

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 209-218

  Messina, Serena ^a   Zavattini, Giulio Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; autobiographical memory; childhood; coherence; wellbeing and distress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; WELLBEING;

EID: 84898980751     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025413506416     Document Type: Article

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