Lack of Trust in Maternal Support is Associated with Negative Interpretations of Ambiguous Maternal Behavior

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 146-151

  De Winter, Simon ^a   Vandevivere, Eva ^c   Waters, Theodore E A ^b   Braet, Caroline ^c   Bosmans, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attachment; Early adolescence; Interpretation bias; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953352422     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-015-0197-4     Document Type: Article

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