EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CURRENT ATTACHMENT STATUS AND FREELY RECALLED AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-41

  Haggerty, Greg D ^a   Siefert, Caleb J ^b   Weinberger, Joel ^c  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; attachment anxiety; attachment avoidance; childhood memories; memory recall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 77249094611     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018638     Document Type: Article

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