Attachment style in the context of clinical and health psychology: A proposal for the assessment of valence, incongruence, and accessibility of attachment representations in various working models

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-34

  Gerlsma, Coby ^a   Luteijn, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT;

EID: 6144287078     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711200160273     Document Type: Article

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