Continuities and changes in infant attachment patterns across two generations

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 414-428

  Raby, K Lee ^a   Steele, Ryan D ^b   Carlson, Elizabeth A ^b   Sroufe, L Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity and change; infant attachment disorganization; infant attachment security; intergenerational transmission; social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938421559     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2015.1067824     Document Type: Article

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