Mother-Child Reminiscing in the Context of Secure Attachment Relationships: Lessons in Understanding and Coping with Negative Emotions

Emotion in Memory and Development: Biological, Cognitive, and Social Considerations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Laible, Deborah ^a   Panfile, Tia ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Communication; Coping; Mothers; Negative emotions; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920685218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326932.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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