Adult Mother-Daughter Relationships: A Review of the Theoretical and Research Literature

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-115

  Shrier, Diane K ^a,b,c,g   Tompsett, Margaret ^d   Shrier, Lydia A ^e,f  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Walter Reed Anny Medical Center   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; DATA BASE; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; MOTHER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY;

EID: 1842830280     PISSN: 00903604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.32.1.91.28332     Document Type: Review

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