Associations of Youth and Adulthood Body-Mass Index and Waist-Hip Ratio with Attachment Styles and Dimensions

Current Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-271

  Hintsanen, Mirka ^a   Jokela, Markus ^a   Pulkki Råback, Laura ^a,c   Viikari, Jorma S A ^b   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attachment dimension; Attachment style; Body weight; Body mass index; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956614792     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-010-9084-8     Document Type: Article

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