Childhood attachment and abuse: Long-term effects on adult attachment, depression, and conflict resolution

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1015-1023

  Styron, Thomas ^a   Janoff Bulman, Ronnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child abuse; Conflict; Depression

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030767663     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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