The drug-user husband and his wife: Attachment styles, family cohesion, and adaptability

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-292

  Finzi Dottan, Ricky ^a,b   Cohen, Orna ^c,f   Iwaniec, Dorota ^d   Sapir, Yaffa ^e   Weizman, Abraham ^b,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

^f Family Mediation Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attachment style; Drug users; Family; Family adaptability; Family cohesion; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ISRAEL; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPOUSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0038010528     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120017249     Document Type: Article

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