Predicting change in self-reported and interviewer-assessed adult attachment: Tests of the individual difference and life stress models of attachment change

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 859-870

  Davila, Joanne ^a   Cobb, Rebecca J ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Change; Clarity; Stability; Stress; Working models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS;

EID: 0037865871     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203029007005     Document Type: Review

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