Intergenerational transmission of trauma: Exploring mother-infant prenatal attachment

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-51

  Schwerdtfeger, Kami L ^a   Nelson Goff, Briana S ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33947726339     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20179     Document Type: Article

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