Regulating the risks of closeness a relationship-specific sense of felt security

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 74-78

  Murray, Sandra L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependence regulation; Rejection; Relationships; Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544486863     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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