The adolescent unresolved attachment questionnaire: The assessment of perceptions of parental abdication of caregiving behavior

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 493-503

  West, Malcolm ^a   Rose, Sarah ^a   Spreng, Sheila ^b   Adam, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attachment; Unresolved

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034540780     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320009596727     Document Type: Article

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