Adult attachment style and the perception of others: The role of projective mechanisms

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1022-1034

  Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Horesh, Netta ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; PROJECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033238102     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.6.1022     Document Type: Article

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