The role of attachment in the relationship between child maltreatment and later emotional and behavioral functioning

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1436-1449

  Lowell, Amanda ^a   Renk, Kimberly ^a   Adgate, Amanda Havill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child maltreatment; Emerging adults; Emotional abuse; Externalizing problems; Internal working models; Internalizing problems; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER ACCEPTANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904443449     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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