Attachment and personality in the psychological health of adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 473-484

  Wilkinson, R B ^a   Walford, W A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Distress; Personality; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041906595     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00151-3     Document Type: Article

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