Choose your own adventure: Attachment dynamics in a simulated relationship

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1279-1291

  Vicary, Amanda M ^a   Fraley, R Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Close relationships; Decision making; Relationship attributions; Relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMUTILATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; LOVE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548065516     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207303013     Document Type: Review

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