The relationship of adult attachment constructs to object relational patterns of representing self and others

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 513-530

  Calabrese, Mary L ^a   Farber, Barry A ^a   Westen, Drew ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 27644446993     PISSN: 15460371     EISSN: 15460371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2005.33.3.513     Document Type: Article

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