Two maternal representations: A study of Israeli adopted children

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 128-145

  Priel, Beatriz ^a   Kantor, Bela ^b   Besser, Avi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0034039945     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.17.1.128     Document Type: Review

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