Early parenting, represented family relationships, and externalizing behavior problems in children born preterm

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-291

  Poehlmann, Julie ^a   Burnson, Cynthia ^a   Weymouth, Lindsay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; effortful control; family; preterm; relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EFFORTFUL CONTROL; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRETERM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELATIONSHIPS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTACHMENT; EFFORTFUL CONTROL; FAMILY; PRETERM; RELATIONSHIPS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOCIAL CLASS; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899572791     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.884610     Document Type: Article

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