Adult Attachment States of Mind: Measurement Invariance Across Ethnicity and Associations With Maternal Sensitivity

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1019-1035

  Haltigan, John D ^a   Leerkes, Esther M ^a   Wong, Maria S ^b   Fortuna, Keren ^c   Roisman, Glenn I ^d   Supple, Andrew J ^a   O'Brien, Marion ^a   Calkins, Susan D ^a   Plamondon, André ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84899957099     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12180     Document Type: Article

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