Attachment Security with Mothers and Fathers: A Meta-Analysis on Mean-Level Differences and Correlations of Verbal Attachment Measures.
As mothers and fathers remain important attachment figures beyond infancy and toddlerhood, comparisons of attachment security of older children with their mothers and fathers are relevant for family researchers and practitioners. We analyzed mean-level differences between verbal reports of attachmen...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 32; no. 12; pp. 3848 - 3860 |
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