Attachment priming and avoidant personality features as predictors of social-evaluation biases

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-88

  Bowles, David P ^a   Meyer, Björn ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 41549111596     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2008.22.1.72     Document Type: Article

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