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- Authors
- Ainsworth, M. S.
- Corresponding author
- Ainsworth, Mary S.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 1979
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 932-937
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W4292855340
- Cited by
- 1,317
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- infant-mother attachment, attachment theory, mother-infant relationship, parent-infant bonding
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