Superheroes, monsters, and babies: Roles of strength, destruction and vulnerability for emotionally disturbed boys

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-40

  Haen, Craig ^a   Brannon, Kenneth H ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX ROLE;

EID: 0036168116     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4556(01)00130-7     Document Type: Article

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