Linking lack of care in childhood to anxiety disorders in emerging adulthood: The role of attachment styles

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-48

  Schimmenti, Adriano ^a   Bifulco, Antonia ^b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Attachment; Child abuse; Emotional neglect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AMBIVALENCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921592404     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/camh.12051     Document Type: Article

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