Assessing adult attachment: Empirical sophistication and conceptual bases

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-179

  Bernier, Annie ^a   Dozier, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSIVENESS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0036709326     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730210157457     Document Type: Article

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