Multiple domains of parental secure base support during childhood and adolescence contribute to adolescents’ representations of attachment as a secure base script

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 317-336

  Vaughn, Brian E ^a   Waters, Theodore E A ^b   Steele, Ryan D ^c   Roisman, Glenn I ^c   Bost, Kelly K ^d   Truitt, Warren ^a   Waters, Harriet S ^e   Booth Laforce, Cathryn ^f  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; Attachment representation; parenting; script; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84962052513     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2016.1162180     Document Type: Article

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