Adult attachment in a nationally representative sample

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1092-1106

  Mickelson, Kristin D ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 0031280258     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.5.1092     Document Type: Article

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