Associations Between Attachment Narratives and Self-Report Measures of Attachment in Middle Childhood: Extending Evidence for the Validity of the Child Attachment Interview

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1235-1246

  Borelli, Jessica L ^a   Somers, Jennifer ^a   West, Jessica L ^b   Coffey, John K ^c   De Los Reyes, Andres ^d   Shmueli Goetz, Yael ^e  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child Attachment Interview; Internalizing symptoms; Middle childhood; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959479952     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-015-0310-8     Document Type: Article

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