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ERIC Number: EJ426181
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Attachment in Chronically Underweight Young Children.
Valenzuela, Marta
Child Development, v61 n6 p1984-96 Dec 1990
Assessed mother-infant attachment in a low-income population in Chile. Underweight children and children with adequate weight were classified as secure or anxious by means of the Ainsworth Strange Situation. Underweight children showed more anxious attachment, and anxious children showed the most serious weight deficits. (BC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attachment Behavior, Body Height, Body Weight, Child Health, Failure to Thrive, Foreign Countries, Low Income Groups, Mothers, Nutrition, Resistance (Psychology), Security (Psychology), Toddlers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile (Santiago)
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