Behavioral and Experiential Patterns of Avoidantly and Securely Attached Women Across Adulthood: A 31-Year Longitudinal Perspective

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 211-223

  Klohnen, Eva C ^a   Bera, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031609502     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.1.211     Document Type: Article

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