On being insecure about the assessment of attachment styles

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 811-834

  Kurdek, Lawrence A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Gay couples; Lesbian couples

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036921758     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407502196005     Document Type: Article

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