The Vulnerable Attachment Style Questionnaire (VASQ): An interview-based measure of attachment styles that predict depressive disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1099-1110

  Bifulco, A ^a   Mahon, J ^a   Kwon, J H ^a   Moran, P M ^a   Jacobs, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0042510928     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703008237     Document Type: Article

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