Attachment in institutionalized children: A review and meta-analysis

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-145

  Lionetti, Francesca ^a   Pastore, Massimiliano ^b   Barone, Lavinia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bayesian approach; Institution; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EUROPE; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BAYES THEOREM; EMOTION; META ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER;

EID: 84926075208     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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