No man is an Island: The need to belong and dismissing avoidant attachment style

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 697-709

  Carvallo, Mauricio ^a,b   Gabriel, Shira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment behavior; Avoidance; Motivation; Need to belong; Selfesteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 33645762497     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205285451     Document Type: Article

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