The relationship of emotional expression and experience to adult attachment style

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-123

  Kerr, Sandra L ^a   Melley, Alison M ^b   Travea, Laura ^a   Pole, Michele ^c  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Emotional experience; Emotional expressivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751515527     PISSN: 1541745X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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