Attachment States of Mind and the Quality of Young Adults' Sibling Relationships

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1366-1373

  Fortuna, Keren ^a   Roisman, Glenn I ^b   Haydon, Katherine C ^b   Groh, Ashley M ^b   Holland, Ashley S ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview; Dyadic; Observational; Sibling relationships; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051674834     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024393     Document Type: Article

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