Hostile-helpless relational models and disorganized attachment patterns between parents and their young children: Review of research and implications for clinical work

Attachment Issues in Psychopathology and Intervention

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 65-94

  Lyons Ruth, Karlen ^a   Melnick, Sharon ^a   Bronfman, Elisa ^a   Sherry, Susannah ^a   Llanas, Lisa ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84917135748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410609670     Document Type: Chapter

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