Dyadic characteristics of individual attributes: Attachment, neuroticism, and their relation to marital quality and closeness

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 621-631

  Ben Ari, Adital ^a   Lavee, Yoav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Closeness; Dyadic attributes; Marital quality; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEUROSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 27644560544     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.4.621     Document Type: Article

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