Open mother-pre-schooler communication: Relations with early secure attachment

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-370

  Etzion Carasso, Ayelet ^a   Oppenheim, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Communication; Reunion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85047677438     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730010007914     Document Type: Article

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