Effective reaction to danger: Attachment insecurities predict behavioral reactions to an experimentally induced threat above and beyond general personality traits

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 467-473

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

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Evolutionary psychology; Group processes; Personality; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051712068     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610397843     Document Type: Article

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