Women with an avoidant attachment style show attenuated estradiol responses to emotionally intimate stimuli

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-175

  Edelstein, Robin S ^a   Kean, Emily L ^a   Chopik, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Avoidance; Close relationships; Estradiol; Gender; Intimacy; Personality

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856970428     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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