Promoting a secure attachment: A primary prevention practice model

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-378

  Svanberg, P O ^a   Mennet, Lisa ^b   Spieker, Susan ^b  

^a PO Svanberg Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; intervention; prevention; screening

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION; ENGLAND; FAMILY THERAPY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954416009     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104510367584     Document Type: Article

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