Recollections of parental behaviour, adult attachment and mental health: Mediating and moderating effects

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1443-1455

  Gittleman, M G ^a   Klein, M H ^a,b   Smider, N A ^a   Essex, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; VARIANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL RECALL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 0031774803     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007533     Document Type: Article

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