Interrelationships of Adult Attachment Orientations, Health Status and Worrying among Fibromyalgia Patients

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1184-1195

  Oliveira, Paula ^a   Costa, Maria Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Fibromyalgia; Health status; Worrying

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PAIN; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449448542     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309342471     Document Type: Article

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