Another step closer to measuring the ghosts in the nursery: Preliminary validation of the trauma reflective functioning scale

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Ensink, Karin ^a   Berthelot, Nicolas ^b   Bernazzani, Odette ^c   Normandin, Lina ^a   Fonagy, Peter ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Childhood abuse and neglect; Mentalization; Reflective functioning; Transition to motherhood; Trauma; Unresolved trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923325469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01471     Document Type: Article

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