Relationships between attachment security and self-construal orientations

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 359-558

  Imamoğlu, E Olcay ^a   Imamoğlu, Selen ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Balanced integration differentiation (BID) model; Relationship contexts; Self construal; Turkish university students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 36048955856     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.141.5.539-560     Document Type: Article

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