The Computerised Manchester Child Attachment Story Task: A novel medium for assessing attachment patterns

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-242

  Minnis, Helen ^a   Read, Warren ^b   Connolly, Brenda ^a   Burston, Amanda ^a   Schumm, Tanja Sabine ^c   Putter Lareman, Suren ^c   Green, Jonathan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Clarkson Read Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Attachment; Computers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 78649608209     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.324     Document Type: Article

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