Romantic attachment in individuals with physical disabilities

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-195

  Hwang, Karen ^a   Johnston, Mark ^a,c   Smith, Jeffrey K ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attachment; Congenital disability; Romantic; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34248562795     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.52.2.184     Document Type: Article

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