Nonverbal transmission of stress between parent and young child: Considerations and psychotherapeutic implications of a study of affective movement patterns

Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-69

  Mark Sossin, K ^a,b,c   Birklein, Silvia B ^b,d  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Child Development Research   (United States)

^c New York Freudian Society   (United States)

^d WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 34547098227     PISSN: 15289168     EISSN: 19409214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2513/s15289168jicap0501_3     Document Type: Article

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