Seven institutionalized children and their adaptation in late adulthood: The children of Duplessis (Les Enfants de Duplessis)

Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-301

  Perry, J Christopher ^a,b   Sigal, John J ^a,b   Boucher, Sophie ^a,b,c   Paré, Nikolas ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; ORPHANAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUEBEC; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33847408984     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2006.69.4.283     Document Type: Article

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