The association between working models of attachment and personality: Toward an integrative framework operationalizing global relational models

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-109

  Sibley, Chris G ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Anxiety; Autonomy; Avoidance; Personality; Sociotropy; Working models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846820091     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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