The influence of domestic violence on the development of the attachment relationship between mother and young child

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 512-527

  Levendosky, Alytia A ^a   Bogat, G Anne ^a   Huth Bocks, Alissa C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Domestic violence; Internal representations; Mother child relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80054864249     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: 19391331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024561     Document Type: Article

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