Adult attachment and the defensive regulation of attention and memory: Examining the role of preemptive and postemptive defensive processes

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 816-826

  Fraley, R Chris ^a,b   Garner, Joseph P ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; REPRESSION;

EID: 0034330765     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.5.816     Document Type: Article

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