Ghosts in the nursery revisited: Paternal images, reworking experiences, and parental awareness among fathers of latency‐age children

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• Alice Chornesky, Ph.D. is a clinical social worker on the Developmental Evaluation Team at the Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, MA, Faculty Field Advisor, Smith College School for Social Work and in private practice in Northampton, MA. This article is based upon a doctoral dissertation, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Smith College School for Social Work, 1990. The author would like to thank Dr. Roger Miller for his support and advice during all phases of the study and Dr. Jesse Geller (Yale University) for his assistance and encouragement.
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