A Clinical Case Of An Avoidant Attachment

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-310

  Silverman, Doris K ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory and clinical process; Avoidant attachment case; Psychodynamic; Self sufficiency; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SELF CONTROL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 79955164899     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: 19391331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022342     Document Type: Article

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