Avoidant attachment and the experience of parenting

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-285

  Rholes, W Steven ^a   Simpson, Jeffry A ^b   Friedman, Mike ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Avoidance; Stress; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644973680     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205280910     Document Type: Article

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