Adult attachment, depressive symptoms, and validation from self versus others

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 368-377

  Wei, Meifen ^a,c   Mallinckrodt, Brent ^b   Larson, Lisa M ^a,c   Zakalik, Robyn A ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REASSURANCE; REINFORCEMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REINFORCEMENT; VARIANCE;

EID: 23244461360     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.52.3.368     Document Type: Article

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