Failed mourning in the Adult Attachment Interview: The case of Holocaust child survivors

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 398-409

  Sagi Schwartz, Abraham ^a   Koren Karie, Nina ^b   Joels, Tirtsa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Catastrophic loss; Failed mourning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOURNING; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0346025746     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730310001633429     Document Type: Article

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