Adult survivors of child abuse: An application of John Gottman's sound marital house theory

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-238

  Tell, Stephanie J ^a   Pavkov, Tom ^b   Hecker, Lorna ^b   Fontaine, Karen Lee ^b  

^a Box 1998 ^*  (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survivors; Child abuse; Family therapy; John Gottman; Marital therapy; Sound marital house theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745298421     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-006-9004-0     Document Type: Article

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