Parenting behaviors and vagal tone at six months predict attachment disorganization at twelve months

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1423-1430

  Holochwost, Steven J ^a   Gariépy, Jean Louis ^b   Propper, Cathi B ^b   Mills Koonce, W Roger ^c   Moore, Ginger A ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Biological sensitivity to context; Parenting; RSA; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

BREATHING RATE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; VAGUS NERVE;

FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RESPIRATORY RATE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84905165586     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21221     Document Type: Article

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