Perceived advantages and disadvantages of secrets disclosure

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 593-602

  Vrij, Aldert ^a   Paterson, Beth ^a   Nunkoosing, Karl ^a   Soukara, Stavroula ^a   Oosterwegel, Annerieke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advantages and disadvantages; Attachment style; Secrets keeping

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244466630     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00221-0     Document Type: Article

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