Self-esteem and the quest for felt security: How perceived regard regulates attachment processes

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 478-498

  Murray, Sandra L ^a   Holmes, John G ^b   Griffin, Dale W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ONTARIO; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSES;

EID: 0034145743     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.3.478     Document Type: Article

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