What promotes secure attachment in early adoption? The protective roles of infants’ temperament and adoptive parents’ attachment

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 573-589

  Lionetti, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

adoption; attachment; fathers; mothers; temperament

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOPTION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84911471868     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.959028     Document Type: Article

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