It takes two to talk: Longitudinal associations among infant–mother attachment, maternal attachment representations, and mother–child emotion dialogues

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-64

  Hsiao, Celia ^a   Koren Karie, Nina ^b   Bailey, Heidi ^c   Moran, Greg ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

child cooperation and exploration; infant mother attachment; maternal attachment representation; maternal sensitive guidance; mother child emotion dialogues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84924581476     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.981671     Document Type: Article

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