Frightening maternal behavior linking unresolved loss and disorganized infant attachment

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-63

  Schuengel, Carlo ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER;

EID: 0032986122     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.67.1.54     Document Type: Article

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