The relationship between attachment strategies and psychopathology in adolescence

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-367

  Brown, Lucy Scott ^a   Wright, John ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Plymouth Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinical Teaching Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0348225506     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608303770584728     Document Type: Article

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