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Volume 19, 1999 - Issue 4: Attachment Research and Psychoanalysis: 1. Theoretical Considerations
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Second‐generation effects of unresolved trauma in nonmaltreating parents: Dissociated, frightened, and threatening parental behavior

Erik Hesse Ph.D. Director of the Social Development Project in the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Fax: ; Adjunct Scientist at the Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University
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Mary Main Ph.D. Professor in developmental and biological psychology in the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Fax:
Pages 481-540 | Published online: 20 Oct 2009

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