Do automatic reactions elicited by thoughts of romantic partner, mother, and self relate to adult romantic attachment?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1011-1025

  Zayas, Vivian ^a   Shoda, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Automatic associations; Automatic evaluations; Implicit Association Test; Implicit attitudes; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MOTHER; OBJECT RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

ADULT; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; THINKING;

EID: 23444440744     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204274100     Document Type: Article

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