Attachment security representations in institutionalized children and children living with their families: Links to problem behaviour

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-36

  Torres, Nuno ^a   Maia, Joana ^a   Veríssimo, Manuela ^a   Fernandes, Marilia ^a   Silva, Filipa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attachment representations; Institutionalization; Social withdrawal

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTS; PORTUGAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855677604     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.739     Document Type: Article

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