A new measure for an important construct: The attachment and object relations inventory

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 604-623

  Buelow, George ^a   McClain, Mark ^a   McIntosh, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029985279     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6603_9     Document Type: Article

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