(In)variability of attachment in middle childhood: Secure base script evidence in diary data

Behaviour Change

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 225-242

  Bosmans, Guy ^a   Van de Walle, Magali ^a   Goossens, Lien ^b   Ceulemans, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assimilation; attachment; Secure base script; State attachment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; TRUST;

EID: 84911365843     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: 20497768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/bec.2014.18     Document Type: Article

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