The Ontogeny of an Idea: John Bowlby and Contemporaries on Mother-Child Separation

History of Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-45

  Van der Horst, Frank C P ^a,b   Van der Veer, René ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Outpatient Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Infant mother relations; Psychoanalysis; Separation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HISTORY; HUMAN; LOVE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LOVE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77953112809     PISSN: 10934510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017660     Document Type: Article

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