Trauma, mental representation, and the organization of memory for mother-referent material

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 739-759

  Lynch, Michael ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^b  

^a Mt Hope Family Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMPING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032153581     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579498001849     Document Type: Article

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