The correspondence between attachment to parents and God: Three experiments using subliminal separation cues

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1122-1135

  Birgegard, Andreas ^a   Granqvist, Pehr ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attachment; Individual differences; Normative aspects; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIGION; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REFERENCE VALUES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 4344565108     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204264266     Document Type: Review

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