Stability of attachment-related anxiety and avoidance and their relationships with the five-factor model and the psychobiological model of personality

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-345

  Picardi, Angelo ^a   Caroppo, Emanuele ^b   Toni, Alessandro ^c   Bitetti, Daniela ^d   Di Maria, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 25444479365     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608305X26882     Document Type: Article

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