Attachment styles, memories of parental rearing and therapeutic bond: A study with eating disordered patients, their parents and therapists

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Tereno, Susana ^a   Soares, Isabel ^a   Martins, Carla ^a   Celani, Mariana ^b   Sampaio, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Eating disorders; Memories of parental rearing; Therapeutic bond

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BULIMIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PORTUGAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 38449114049     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.801     Document Type: Article

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