The role of attachment avoidance in extradyadic sex

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-313

  Beaulieu Pelletier, Genevieve ^a   Philippe, Frederick L ^b   Lecours, Serge ^a   Couturea, Stéphanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Avoidance; Extradyadic sex; Infidelity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956194063     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.562419     Document Type: Article

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