Infant-parent attachment: Definition, types, antecedents, measurement and outcome

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 541-545

  Benoit, Diane ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attachment relationships; Infant parent attachment

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FOSTER CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; NEGLECT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRANGE SITUATION PROCEDURE;

EID: 9144272604     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/9.8.541     Document Type: Review

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