On the dimensionality of the attachment style questionnaire in italian clinical and nonclinical participants

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-79

  Fossati, Andrea ^b   Feeney, Judith A ^a   Donati, Deborah ^c   Donini, Michela ^c   Novella, Liliana ^c   Bagnato, Maria ^c   Acquarini, Elena ^c   Maffei, Cesare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Attachment Style Questionnaire; Multivariate mixture analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038129887     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407503020001187     Document Type: Article

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