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ERIC Number: EJ439996
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Maternal Separation Anxiety: Its Developmental Course and Relation to Maternal Mental Health.
Hock, Ellen; Schirtzinger, Mary Beth
Child Development, v63 n1 p93-102 Feb 1992
Examined potential differences in psychological correlates between mothers with high and low levels of separation anxiety when their children were 8 months, 3.5 years, and 6 years of age. Mothers with extremely high levels of anxiety about short-term separation from their six year olds tended to have higher levels of depressive symptomatology. (Author/GLR)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Coping, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Development, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Mental Health, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Psychological Characteristics, Security (Psychology), Separation Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Attachment Theory; Maternal Self Concept; Object Relations Theory