Psychobiological research on attachment

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-225

  Diamond, Lisa M ^a   Fagundes, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Autonomic nervous system; Emotion regulation; HPA axis; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949902464     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407509360906     Document Type: Article

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