Childhood imaginary companionship and mental health in adolescence

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-286

  Bonne, Omer ^a   Canetti, Laura ^a   Bachar, Eytan ^a   De Nour, Atara Kaplan ^a   Shalev, Arieh ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Imaginary Companion; Normal Population; Transitional Object

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ISRAEL; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 0032781957     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021345015520     Document Type: Article

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