Childhood maltreatment and psychopathology: Prospective tests of attachment, cognitive vulnerability, and stress as mediating processes

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 645-671

  Hankin, Benjamin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Childhood maltreatment; Cognitive style; Depression; Mediation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGLECT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33745241690     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-005-9631-z     Document Type: Article

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