Rethinking adult attachment: A study of expert consensus

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-80

  Allen, Jon G ^a,e   Stein, Helen ^b   Fonagy, Peter ^c,d   Fultz, Jim ^f   Target, Mary ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gtr Kansas City Psychoanal Inst   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ANNA FREUD CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGER; ATTITUDE; BORDERLINE STATE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 17144425020     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/bumc.69.1.59.62266     Document Type: Review

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