When the Primary Caregiver is Missing: Investigating Proximal and Distal Variables Involved in Institutionalised Children's Adjustment

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 454-468

  Barone, Lavinia ^a   Dellagiulia, Antonio ^a   Lionetti, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

attachment; cognitive development; institutional care; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925583033     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.2365     Document Type: Article

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