Fostering secure attachment in infants in maltreating families through preventive interventions

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 623-649

  Cicchetti, Dante ^a   Rogosch, Fred A ^b   Toth, Sheree L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33749029291     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579406060329     Document Type: Article

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