Trauma-Related Symptoms in Neglected Preschoolers and Affective Quality of Mother-Child Communication

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 293-304

  Milot, Tristan ^a   St Laurent, Diane ^a   Éthier, Louise S ^a   Provost, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

behavioral observations; child PTSD trauma; children in child welfare; family relationships; neglect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77957894198     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559510379153     Document Type: Article

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