The attachment paradox: How can so many of us (the insecure ones) have no adaptive advantages?

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-141

  Tsachi, Ein Dor ^a,b   Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Doron, Guy ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^c  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Insecure; Social defense theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955078088     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610362349     Document Type: Article

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