Unresolved loss due to miscarriage: An addition to the Adult Attachment Interview

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-170

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview; Infant disorganized attachment; Miscarriage; Unresolved loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033188272     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616739900134211     Document Type: Review

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