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Emotional availability in mother-child interactions: a reconceptualization for research
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Emotional availability in mother-child interactions: a reconceptualization for research
Am J Orthopsychiatry.
1991 Apr.
Abstract
The literature on an earlier view of emotional availability as a maternal construct and on the related concepts of psychological unavailability, depression, sensitivity, and control is reviewed. A reconceptualization of emotional availability as a relational construct, incorporating maternal sensitivity and nonintrusiveness and child responsiveness and involvement of the mother, is presented. Several research issues are proposed for further exploration.
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