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Maternal Representations of Attachment during Pregnancy Predict the Organization of Infant-Mother Attachment at One Year of Age
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Peter Fonagy, Howard Steele, Miriam Steele, Maternal Representations of Attachment during Pregnancy Predict the Organization of Infant-Mother Attachment at One Year of Age, Child Development, Vol. 62, No. 5 (Oct., 1991), pp. 891-905
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fonagy, P., Steele, H., & Steele, M.
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1991-10
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 891
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4234501107
- Cited by
- 684
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 15.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Development (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- infant-mother attachment, attachment organization, pregnancy, maternal mentalization, attachment theory, early infancy
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