Predictors of young adults' representations of and behavior in their current romantic relationship: Prospective tests of the prototype hypothesis

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-121

  Roisman, Glenn I ^a   Collins, W Andrew ^b   Sroufe, L Alan ^b   Egeland, Byron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Current Relationship Interview; Infant attachment security; Longitudinal; Prototype hypothesis; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; INFANCY; INTERVIEW; INTIMACY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOVE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MINNESOTA; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 22544436417     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730500134928     Document Type: Article

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