Psychological distress in college-aged women: Links with unresolved/preoccupied attachment status and the mediating role of negative mood regulation expectancies

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-277

  Creasey, Gary ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment interview; Attachment; Mood regulation expectancies; Psychological health; Unresolved attachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVIEW; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036905503     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730210167249     Document Type: Review

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