The relationships of attachment style and social maladjustment to death ideation in depressed women with a history of childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-87

  Smith, Phillip N ^a   Gamble, Stephanie A ^b   Cort, Natalie A ^b   Ward, Erin A ^b   Conwell, Yeates ^b   Talbot, Nancy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Death ideation; Interpersonal vulnerability; Social adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83855165103     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20852     Document Type: Article

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