The association between parental reports of attachment style and family dynamics, and offspring's reports of adult attachment style

Family Process

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-257

  Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Florian, Victor ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0033141654     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1999.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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