Factors that predict infant disorganization in mothers classified as U in pregnancy

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-122

  Hughes, P ^a   Turton, P ^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

Disorganized attachment; Psychological symptoms; Stillbirth; Unresolved

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STILLBIRTH; THINKING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; STILLBIRTH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745882965     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730600785660     Document Type: Article

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