Attachment, social rank, and affect regulation: Speculations on an ethological approach to family interaction

Family Process

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-327

  Sloman, Leon ^a   Atkinson, Leslie ^c   Milligan, Karen ^c   Liotti, Giovanni ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Universita Pontificia Salesiana   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036727873     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2002.41304.x     Document Type: Article

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