Assessing parental empathy: a role for empathy in child attachment

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-22

  Stern, Jessica A ^a   Borelli, Jessica L ^a   Smiley, Patricia A ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; attachment; empathy; middle childhood; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84924582089     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.969749     Document Type: Article

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