Family systems theory, attachment theory, and culture

Family Process

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 328-350

  Rothbaum, Fred ^a   Rosen, Karen ^b   Ujiie, Tatsuo ^c   Uchida, Nobuko ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 0036725612     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2002.41305.x     Document Type: Article

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