Working Models of Attachment: Implications for Explanation, Emotion, and Behavior

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 810-832

  Collins, Nancy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030267917     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.4.810     Document Type: Article

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