Attachment based treatments for adolescents: the secure cycle as a framework for assessment, treatment and evaluation

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 220-239

  Kobak, Roger ^a   Zajac, Kristyn ^b   Herres, Joanna ^c   Krauthamer Ewing, E Stephanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attachment based treatments; Communication; Intergenerational; Internal working models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OBJECT RELATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84926370953     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2015.1006388     Document Type: Article

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