The effects of intimate partner violence on women and child survivors: An attachment perspective

Psychodynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-434

  Levendosky, Alytia A ^a   Lannert, Brittany ^a   Yalch, Matthew ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84868624808     PISSN: 21622590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2012.40.3.397     Document Type: Article

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