Measuring parent-child mutuality: A review of current observational coding systems

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-11

  Funamoto, Allyson ^a   Rinaldi, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIALIZATION;

CHILD; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84920911339     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21481     Document Type: Article

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