Adult attachment: What are the underlying dimensions?

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-91

  Stein, Helen ^a,b   Koontz, A Dawn ^a   Fonagy, Peter ^a   Allen, Jon G ^a   Fultz, Jim ^a   Brethour Jr , John R ^a   Allen, Darla ^a   Evans, Richard B ^a  

^a Children and Family Law Center   (United States)

^b Box 829 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TECHNIQUE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036523180     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608302169562     Document Type: Article

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