Propensities towards absorption are related to lapses in the monitoring of reasoning or discourse during the Adult Attachment Interview: A preliminary investigation

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-91

  Hesse, Erik ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absorption; Adult Attachment Interview; Disorganized infant attachment; Tellegen's Absorption Scale; Unresolved attachment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033108250     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616739900134031     Document Type: Review

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