Being there: a family centre worker’s role as a secure base for adolescent girls in crisis

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-31

  Schofield, ^a   Brown, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Local Authority Family Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescent girls; attachment; family centre; secure base

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SENSE OF SELF; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL WORKER; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRUST;

EID: 84937188923     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1999.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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