Attachment and emotion experience in later life: The view from emotions theory

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-187

  Consedine, Nathan S ^a   Magai, Carol ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Attachment dimensions; Discrete emotions; Functionalism; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SHAME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY; WELLBEING;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038236718     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461673031000108496     Document Type: Review

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