Interplay of relational parent–child representations from a psychoanalytic perspective: An analysis of two mother–father–child triads

Parenting Representations: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 352-387

  Wiseman, Hadas ^a   Harel, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 84927116579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499869.013     Document Type: Chapter

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