Trauma and attachment: An investigation in abusive parenting

Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 9-22

  Ammaniti, Massimo ^a   Nicolais, Giampaolo ^a   Speranza, Anna Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child abuse; Intergenerational transmission; Parenting; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; TAPE RECORDER;

EID: 14944351372     PISSN: 15092046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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