Association Between Adult Romantic Attachment Styles and Family-of-Origin Expressive Atmosphere

The Family Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-228

  Smith, Shannon D ^a,b   ng, Kok Mun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; attachment; avoidance; family of origin expressive atmosphere; secure base

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749105205     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480709337806     Document Type: Article

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