One-person and two-person conceptions of attachment and their implications for psychoanalytic thought

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-581

  Wachtel, Paul L ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; One person theory; Psychoanalysis; Relational psychoanalysis; Relational theory; Two person theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT; DIVORCE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIVORCE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 77954288801     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: 17458315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2010.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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