Toward a life span theory of close relationships: The affective relationships model

Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 48-66

  Takahashi, Keiko ^a,b  

^a University of the Sacred Heart   (Japan)

^b University of the Sacred Heart   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attachment; Close relationships; Life span development; Social network model

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFESPAN; MATURATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 23944448895     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083215     Document Type: Review

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