Proximity seeking in adult attachment: Examining the role of automatic approach-avoidance tendencies

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-573

  Dewitte, Marieke ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a   Buysse, Ann ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749109940     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466607X265148     Document Type: Article

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