All in the family: Integrating attachment and family systems theories

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-409

  Crittenden, Patricia McKinsey ^a,c   Dallos, Rudi ^b  

^a Family Relations Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Dynamic maturational model; Family systems; Family therapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DYNAMIC MATURATIONAL MODEL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECUMBENCY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 67549086401     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104509104048     Document Type: Article

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