Adult attachment style and information processing: Individual differences in curiosity and cognitive closure

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1217-1230

  Mikulincer, Mario ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY;

ADULT; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031136201     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.5.1217     Document Type: Article

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