Conflict in Close Relationships: An Attachment Perspective

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 899-914

  Simpson, Jeffry A ^a   Rholes, W Steven ^a   Phillips, Dede ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COURTSHIP; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0030277313     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.5.899     Document Type: Article

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