Attachment change processes in the early years of marriage

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 783-802

  Davila, Joanne ^a   Karney, Benjamin R ^b   Bradbury, Thomas N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Box 604110 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033124672     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.5.783     Document Type: Article

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