Adult Attachment Security and Young Adults' Dating Relationships Over Time: Self-Reported, Observational, and Physiological Evidence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 552-557

  Holland, Ashley S ^a   Roisman, Glenn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview; longitudinal study; observational; physiological; romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949483156     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018542     Document Type: Article

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