Factors associated with the unresolved classification of the Adult Attachment Interview in women who have suffered stillbirth

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 215-230

  Hughes, P ^a   Turton, P ^a   Hopper, E ^a   McGauley, G A ^a   Fonagy, P ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT ATTACHMENT INTERVIEW; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL ASPECT; STILLBIRTH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; OBJECT RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 3342880152     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579404044487     Document Type: Article

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