Depressive affect among health care seekers: How it is related to attachment style, emotional disclosure, and health complaints

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-19

  Zech, Emmanuelle ^a   De Ree, Frédérique ^b   Berenschot, Fleur ^b   Stroebe, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Depressive affect; Emotional disclosure; Health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENESCENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VARIANCE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 30344481349     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500500344255     Document Type: Article

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