Attachment, social competencies, social support, and psychological distress

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 358-367

  Mallinckrodt, Brent ^a   Wei, Meifen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult social competencies; Alexithymia; Attachment behavior; Causal mediation; Social self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 23244459819     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.52.3.358     Document Type: Article

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