Absence of Attachment Representations (AAR) in the adult years: The emergence of a new AAI classification in catastrophically traumatized Holocaust child survivors

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-397

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CRIME; DISASTER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD; FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0346656888     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730310001633456     Document Type: Article

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