What I like about you: The association between adolescent attachment security and emotional behavior in a relationship promoting context

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1017-1024

  Hershenberg, Rachel ^a   Davila, Joanne ^a   Yoneda, Athena ^a   Starr, Lisa R ^a   Miller, Melissa Ramsay ^a   Stroud, Catherine B ^b   Feinstein, Brian A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Intimacy; Parent adolescent interaction; Security

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW YORK; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80052034468     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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