Personal strengths and traumatic experiences among institutionalized children given up at birth (les enfants de Duplessis-Duplessis' children). I: Early experiences

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 777-782

  Perry, J Christopher ^a,b,c,d   Sigal, John J ^a,b   Boucher, Sophie ^a,b   Paré, Nikolas ^a,b   Ouimet, Marie Claude ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood strengths; Childhood trauma; Orphanages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANAGE; PUNISHMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPORTS;

EID: 28844461056     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000188959.25098.10     Document Type: Article

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