Social competence, personality and adult attachment style in a portuguese sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 565-570

  Moreira, João M ^a   Bernardes, Sónia ^b   Andrez, Micael ^b   Aguiar, Patrícia ^b   Moleiro, Carla ^b   De Fátima Silva, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Attachment; Personal relationships; Personality; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032036658     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8869(97)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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