An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 350-364

  Fraley, R Chris ^a   Waller, Niels G ^c   Brennan, Kelly A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0034132594     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.78.2.350     Document Type: Article

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