Attachment theory and psychoanalysis: Some remarks from an epistemological and from a Freudian viewpoint

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1529-1548

  Zepf, Siegried ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Epistemology; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EPISTEMOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STANDARDIZATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33845528778     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/0C14-TM7C-1PPV-L458     Document Type: Article

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