Assessing Reflective Parenting in Interaction With School-Aged Children

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 585-595

  Ensink, Karin ^a   Leroux, Annie ^a   Normandin, Lina ^a   Biberdzic, Marko ^a   Fonagy, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; STANDING; MALE; MOTHER; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85011582861     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2016.1270289     Document Type: Article

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