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Peer reviewedJohnson, Susan M.; Makinen, Judy A.; Millikin, John W. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2001
Identifies and operationalizes construct of attachment injury, an injury that occurs when one partner violates the expectation that the other will offer comfort in times of danger or distress. This incident becomes a clinically recurring theme and creates an impasse that blocks relationship repair in couples therapy. (BF)
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling Techniques, Emotional Experience, Emotional Response
