Every Time You Go Away: Changes in Affect, Behavior, and Physiology Associated With Travel-Related Separations From Romantic Partners

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 385-403

  Diamond, Lisa M ^a   Hicks, Angela M ^a   Otter Henderson, Kimberly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

adult attachment; daily diary; HPA activity; separation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; TRAVEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 58149111281     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.2.385     Document Type: Article

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