The Attachment System in Fledgling Relationships: An Activating Role for Attachment Anxiety

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 628-647

  Eastwick, Paul W ^a   Finkel, Eli J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; attachment; attraction; passionate love; speed dating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51449123032     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.628     Document Type: Article

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