Childhood maltreatment, complex trauma symptoms, and unresolved attachment in an at-risk sample of adolescent mothers

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-161

  Bailey, Heidi Neufeld ^a   Moran, Greg ^b   Pederson, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview (AAI); Childhood maltreatment; Complex trauma; Dissociation; Unresolved mourning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34249291242     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730701349721     Document Type: Article

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