Adult Attachment Style and Affect Regulation: Strategic Variations in Self-Appraisals

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 420-435

  Mikulincer, Mario ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032132654     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.2.420     Document Type: Article

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