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Emotional availability: Conceptualization and research findings.
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The emotional availability construct (based on observations of parent-child interactions) was first reconceptualized for research in 1991 as a way to describe the quality of parent-child interactions. Since then, there has been considerable refinement of the construct. EA refers to several parental dimensions (sensitivity, structuring, non-intrusiveness, non-hostility) and two child dimensions (responsiveness to parent and involvement of parent). The EA empirical link with attachment and parent-child relationship are reviewed and avenues for future research are suggested.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Biringen, Z.
- Affiliations
- Colorado State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Biringen, Zeynep
- ORCID
- Biringen, Zeynep
- Venue
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Published
- 2000
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 104-114
- ISSN
- 0002-9432 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0025
- OpenAlex
- W2045074187
- Cited by
- 338
- References
- 36
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- FWCI
- 2.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- emotional availability, parent-child interaction, parental sensitivity, child responsiveness, parental involvement, attachment, parent-child relationship
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Parent-Child Relations, Parenting
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