Anniversary Reactions in a Five-Year-Old Boy: Unresolved Conflict, Guilt, and Self-Identifications

Psychoanalytic Study of the Child

Volumn 52, Issue , 1997, Pages 214-226

  Azarian, Anait ^a,b   Miller, Thomas W ^c,d   Palumbo, Anthony J ^e   Skriptchenko Gregorian, Vitali ^b  

^a E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Puppet Therapy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT; GUILT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0031302136     PISSN: 00797308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00797308.1997.11822461     Document Type: Article

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