Associations between adult attachment ratings and health conditions: Evidence from the national comorbidity survey replication

Health Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-453

  McWilliams, Lachlan A ^a   Bailey, S Jeffrey ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Cardiovascular disease; Pain; Psychopathology; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH ULCER; STROKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PAIN; PEPTIC ULCER; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955311498     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020061     Document Type: Article

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