Mothers' borderline features and children's disorganized attachment representations as predictors of children's externalizing behavior

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-36

  Goodman, Geoff ^a   Bartlett, Robert C ^b   Stroh, Martha ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment disorganization; Borderline personality organization; Children's externalizing behavior; Maternal depression; Story completion task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84881232492     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: 19391331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031068     Document Type: Article

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