Perceptions of attachment style and marital quality in midlife marriage

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-57

  Hollist, Cody S ^a   Miller, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Emotionally Focused Therapy; Marriage; Midlife couples

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744441626     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2005.00005.x     Document Type: Review

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