Childhood physical and emotional abuse by a parent: Transference effects in adult interpersonal relations

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1509-1522

  Berenson, Kathy R ^a,b   Andersen, Susan M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Social cognition; Transference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); TRUST;

EID: 33749622736     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206291671     Document Type: Article

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