Attachment theory and family systems theory as frameworks for understanding the intergenerational transmission of family violence

Attachment and Family Systems: Conceptual, Empirical, and Therapeutic Relatedness

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 241-257

  Alexander, Pamela C ^a   Warner, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84918927797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203782699     Document Type: Editorial

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