Adult attachment and attention to positive and negative emotional face expressions

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 498-505

  Dewitte, Marieke ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Attachment anxiety and avoidance; Attention; Facial expressions

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649093971     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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