Attachment and family therapy: Clinical utility of adolescent-family attachment research

Family Process

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 455-476

  Liddle, Howard A ^a   Schwartz, Seth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFLICT; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY RELATIONS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036728264     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2002.41311.x     Document Type: Article

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