Shaping children's internal working models through mother-child dialogues: The importance of resolving past maternal trauma

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-483

  Koren Karie, Nina ^a   Oppenheim, David ^a   Getzler Yosef, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Internal working models; Mother child dialogues; Resolution of trauma; Secure base; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL WORKING MODELS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NARRATIVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 56749159043     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802461482     Document Type: Article

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