The Application of Attachment Theory and Family Systems Theory to the Phenomena of Parentification

The Family Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-223

  Hooper, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment theory; child maltreatment; family systems theory; parentification

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649132375     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480707301290     Document Type: Article

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