Adult attachment style. II: Its relationship to psychosocial depressive-vulnerability

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 60-67

  Bifulco, A ^a   Moran, P M ^a   Ball, C ^a   Lillie, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Childhood adversity; Self esteem; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036944740     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s127-002-8216-x     Document Type: Article

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