Adult attachment as mediator between recollections of childhood and satisfaction with life

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-21

  Hinnen, Chris ^a,b   Sanderman, Robbert ^b   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^c  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 65549123047     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.600     Document Type: Article

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