The reporting of maltreatment experiences during the Adult Attachment Interview in a sample of pregnant adolescents

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-143

  Madigan, Sheri ^a,b   Vaillancourt, Kyla ^c   McKibbon, Amanda ^a   Benoit, Diane ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview; maltreatment; pregnant adolescent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84858652229     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2012.661230     Document Type: Article

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