Navigating the interdependence Dilemma: Attachment goals and the use of communal norms with potential close others

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-96

  Bartz, Jennifer A ^a,b   Lydon, John E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Communal; Exchange; Interdependence dilemma; Relationship development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROL; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33746364508     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.1.77     Document Type: Article

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