Attachment styles and the ideal image of a mate

European Psychologist

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-95

  Tolmacz, Rami ^a   Goldzweig, Gil ^b   Guttman, Ruth ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Facet Theory; Ideal image; Smallest Space Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644484323     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.9.2.87     Document Type: Review

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