Insecure family bases and adolescent drug abuse: A new approach to family patterns of attachment

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-126

  Schindler, Andreas ^a   Thomasius, Rainer ^a   Sack, Peter Michael ^a   Gemeinhardt, Brigitte ^a   Küstner, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Family; Family relations; Substance abuse; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FATHER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34249336358     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730701349689     Document Type: Article

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