Attachment disorganization in infancy: Relation to psychoanalytic understanding of development

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-166

  Ferris, Scott ^a   McGauley, Gill ^b   Hughes, Patricia ^b  

^a SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; REVIEW;

EID: 3142765537     PISSN: 02668734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14749730410001700732     Document Type: Review

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