Parental ‘Affectionless Control’ as an Antecedent to Adult Depression: A Risk Factor Delineated

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1983, Pages 956-960

  Parker, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0020555664     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1983.01790080038005     Document Type: Article

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