How affect regulation moderates the association between anxious attachment and neuroticism

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-109

  Crawford, Thomas N ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^b   Goldsmith, H Hill ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect regulation; Attachment anxiety; Avoidance; Conscientiousness; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 34249307244     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730701349747     Document Type: Article

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