Insecure attachment as a risk factor for future depressive symptoms in early adolescence

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1478-1485

  Sund, Anne Mari ^a,b   Wichstrøm, Lars ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine ^*  (Norway)

^c Psychology Department

Author keywords

Attachment; Depressive symptoms; Early adolescence; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036885170     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200212000-00020     Document Type: Article

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