Attachment and traumatic stress in female Holocaust child survivors and their daughters

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1086-1092

  Sagi Schwartz, Abraham ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^b   Grossmann, Klaus E ^b   Joels, Tirtsa ^b   Grossmann, Karin ^b   Scharf, Miri ^b   Koren Karie, Nina ^b   Alkalay, Sarit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY RELATION; ISRAEL; JEW; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SURVIVOR; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WAR;

EID: 0038149633     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.6.1086     Document Type: Article

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