The association of unresolved attachment status and cognitive processes in maltreated adolescents

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-23

  Webster, Linda ^a   Kisst Hackett, Rachelle ^a   Joubert, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attachment; Child maltreatment; Cognitive processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749188808     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1053     Document Type: Article

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