Fear of intimacy in women: Relationship between attachment styles and depressive symptoms

Psychopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 299-303

  Reis, Samantha ^a   Grenyer, Brin F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Major depression; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 10844237874     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082268     Document Type: Article

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